Morning of the World: III. what are we, why are we

Morning of the World ponders a world resetting amidst recurring struggles and clashes in the world, and questions our identity and existence.

The work is an international project combining cross-disciplinary, multi-cultural creative collaboration that explore the dynamics of sounds from western classical to Chinese classical and gamelan music with electronic sounds.

Morning of the World takes the audience across 4 movements, subjecting ourselves to reflections and questions of:  

where are we

who are we

what are we

why are we

when are we

how are we

Movement III: WHAT ARE WE, WHY ARE WE

We are suddenly wrenched and flung into the unknown, as we go down the spirals of the mind questioning "what are we?", and "why are we?". A raw and primal energy assaults our mind, relentlessly hurling us in different directions - the recurring conflicts of our mortal world through time all converging.

In the later part of the movement, live improvisation from the musicians is fed into various audio processors to create a visceral soundscape, eventually building into an asphyxiating wall of sound.

Recording engineers: Aw Wei Zheng, Lo Sheng Hong, Syafiq Misari

Mixing engineer: Aw Wei Zheng

Live visuals by Siah Tiong Hong.