Audiovisual composition

Duration: 4′

Year: 2025

This audiovisual piece delves into the fluid interplay between consciousness and the unconscious, drawing inspiration from David Lynch’s enigmatic cinematic language, particularly the fractured and layered storytelling of Mulholland Drive. Lynch’s work serves as a gateway into the murky depths of human perception, where the boundaries between thought, emotion, and reality dissolve. Central to the piece is the profound insight from the Upanishads: “We are like the spider.We weave our life and then move along in it.We are like the dreamer who dreams and then lives in the dream.” This aphorism becomes a conceptual anchor, underscoring the idea that human existence is both a construction of the conscious mind and an extension of the unconscious. The piece seeks to explore how we navigate this duality—how the threads of our waking decisions are interwoven with the shadowy, unspoken impulses of the subconscious. Musically, the distorted electric guitar becomes a metaphor for this tension. Its jagged, resonant textures evoke a sense of struggle between clarity and dissonance, reflecting the push and pull between conscious intention and unconscious influence. Harmonic swells and feedback loops are used to symbolize moments of revelation or distortion, blurring the lines between inner clarity and confusion. Visually, the work features a kaleidoscope of shifting forms and layered imagery, representing the interplay of light and shadow within the psyche. Fragmented silhouettes and recurring motifs mirror the looping nature of thoughts and the cyclical patterns that often emerge in the unconscious. Sudden bursts of abstraction or clarity punctuate the flow, inviting the viewer to experience a constantly shifting sense of orientation. The work does not offer answers but rather poses a challenge to the audience: to confront their own internal dualities and reflect on the threads they weave between conscious awareness and the deeper, hidden currents that shape their lives. The work is both a mirror and a maze, asking viewers to lose themselves in order to better understand the essence of their own existence.