SPIEGEL IM SPIEGEL

Role: Video Designer
Client: Sound Postings, Yo-Yo Ma‍
‍Team: Sophie Shakleton, Creative Producer
Location: Global
Date: 2022 - Present

Project Description

Spiegel im Spiegel is a musical piece by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The name roughly translates to "Mirror within a mirror"

My involvement in this project began in 2022 through Zion Jackson and THE OFFICE performing arts + film, and has continued under Sophie Shakleton and Sound Postings.

My responsibilities have included researching, arranging, and experimenting with images- as well as timeline editing and final video delivery. The video itself is designed to accompany the live musical performance and could be modified for a variety of audiences around the world.

We began with images of our universe from the Hubble and James Webb telescopes, paying special attention to the visuals connections that emerge between the macro and micro world.

Soon after the first event in Paris, we began preparing an evolution of the sequence for another event in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. This sequence includes images from photographer Austin Mann, and aimed to connect deeply with the specific region of the performance.

The project continues to evolve with new sequences that speak to the geographic location of each performance, and has now been performed all around the world!