This work was performed by the String Noise Ensemble in 2022. The piece features sampled Mazurka melodies paired with a digital collage of Ukrainian embroidery from Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. The collaged material forms symbolic motifs: squares (a talismanic representation of order on earth), a breathing tree of life (connecting the heavens to the earth), and a chain-reaction machine (a personalized symbol of cause and effect).
A blend of digitally altered traditional instruments and violins offers a deeply personal interpretation of the disruption and dispersal of traditional symbolism, reflecting themes of fragmentation and transformation.
A blend of digitally altered traditional instruments and violins offers a deeply personal interpretation of the disruption and dispersal of traditional symbolism, reflecting themes of fragmentation and transformation.