Akari Komura’s artistic exploration is oriented towards heightening awareness and transforming our perception of the sonic environment. Somatic and embodied consciousness practices are central to her creative process, and she is interested in curating a participatory performance space that invites a community of performers and audience to a collective and ritualistic act of listening and sound-making.

Ilana Waniuk is a versatile violinist with interests ranging from classical music and improvisation to visual arts. Drawing on her multidisciplinary experience, her audiovisual practice explores various configurations of digital and analog projection techniques in collaboration with music and sound in a live setting. 

In this chat, Akari and Ilana talk about the interconnected roles of their collaboration, the way visuals, sound, and movement performances are intertwined in the film, and their expansive view of care.

To learn more about Akari and Ilana’s film and accompanying postcard by Lacey McKinney, go here. To see their film, become a Middle Ear Project member and access our full film catalogue.

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Show Notes

• See the trailer for Akari and Ilana's film

• More about Akari

• More about Ilana

• Behind the scenes of Akari and Ilana making their film

• See the visual art by Lacey McKinney paired with this film