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Light On Water

Specs: USA | 2021 | 15 min
Filmmaker: Dominic Cordisco
Theme:  inspiration

Following a series of abstract photos called LIGHT ON WATER, the artist made this meditative, experimental short film to observe nature in an abstract way, and to combine moving images with abstract and ambient generative music. This version of LIGHT ON WATER is a capture of a moment and place in time, as he floated in his kayak in the Atlantic near Rockport, Maine.

For the soundtrack, inspired by Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Brian Eno's work with tape loops, he created a system for generative music using only a Telecaster and effects pedals. Once the system is set in motion with only a few notes, they repeat and evolve, ebb and flow, and cascade and oscillate with little to no further input. Like the moment captured in the video, the music is ephemeral; the loops used to create this soundtrack were erased after recording. They cannot ever be recreated the same way again.

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