Josh and I have spent a lot of time during this project talking about the deep relationship between sound and movement—how music can be thought of as decorating space, while dance, in turn, adorns time. This idea was the foundation of our previous collaborations, and it continues to guide our work now. There’s something intuitive about how these two forms communicate, shaping and responding to one another in a kind of quiet conversation.
In developing this project, we were also drawn to the aesthetics and philosophy found in Taoist paintings. These works often suggest a kind of fluidity and spaciousness, an emphasis on balance, natural rhythm, and the spaces in between things—qualities we felt resonated with both the sonic and kinetic aspects of what we were making. It felt right, then, to incorporate some form of movement into this work.
Josh’s movement practice draws deeply from Eastern traditions, particularly tai chi and qigong. These forms bring a meditative and intentional quality to physicality—slow, grounded, and deliberate—that opens up a fascinating dialogue with the sound world we’ve been exploring since our collaboration in the Spatialisation & Exhibiting unit earlier this year.