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 …
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 Phaidon – and …
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 …
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 …
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 landscape …