Tokyo Lines
Tokyo, Japan
THE BLACK MIRROR
The Black Mirror (performed by Lysander Piano Trio) https://youtu.be/u_JeBlLM5EY Black mirrors, or Claude mirrors, are the focus of this beautiful, complex, and modern piece composed by Jakub Ciupinski, soulfully performed by Lysander Piano Trio. These reflective devices were used by painters, starting in the second half of the 18th Century, to simplify landscape lines and …
POINTS OF VIEW
Music: Art Hirahara / Director: Sara Pettinella Little Comb Productions / Visual Developer and Animator: Kristen McCormick https://youtu.be/G4QpZYigHQo Ways of seeing are through our own personal perspectives. A piano being played can be heard from the inside, notes can dance, bass notes can evoke colors. By opening ourselves, we push barriers aside. The power of imagination can …
WE ARE ONE BLOOD DRUM SPIRIT
https://vimeo.com/221970051In 2017 I had the honor to direct a documentary about the American jazz quartet blood drum spirit that in 2015 traveled to Ghana to work with master artists in rural villages and in the cities of Kumase and Accra. The film documents the group’s decades-long journey, beginning with drummer royal hartigan, bassist Wes Brown, and …
THE BUSKING BASSOONIST
The Busking Bassoonist By Sunny Knable – Video: Sara Pettinella “The Busking Bassoonist” (2013) by Sunny Knable (b. 1983) Scott Pool, bassoon; Natsuki Fukasawa, piano From the album “Song of the Redwood-Tree” MSR Classics, 2020 NOTES from the composer: The Busking Bassoonist came about for 13 reasons. In 2013, Scott Pool approached me about the …
BROOKLYN EXPRESS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjW-yFRt_WI&feature=youtu.be Music Art Hirahara / Video Sara Pettinella The video tells a simple jazz musician’s story. On a typical day going to work, Art takes the train from his home in Brooklyn to his gig at a restaurant in the West Village in NYC. The music recreates the sounds, the mood, the energy, and the …
ELEMENTS OF LIGHTS
ELEMENTS OF LIGHT Check out Spencer Bailey with the Elements of Light in his home as he makes a case for slow living. Introducing Elements of Light- our first-ever Flos brand book. Under the editorial direction of Spencer Bailey – accomplished, journalist, co-founder of the media company The Slowdown and editor-at-large of the book publisher …