Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Theme Digest 6 : Discord



Here at the Theme Digest lab, we aim to communicate a mood ...  a feeling ... a concept ...  using no better tool than the gift of sound.

The same concept can be compared visually to photography ... Communicating a feeling through a photograph—a mere flat rectangle with lines, shapes, tones, and (sometimes) colors—is not easy.

But it can be done.

Laura Ledbetter created this week's mixtape and here she is to ellaborate on it :


discord
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noun
1.
lack of concord or harmony between persons or things.
2.
disagreement; difference of opinion.
3.
strife; dispute; war.4.
Music. an inharmonious combination of musical tones sounded together.
5.
any confused or harsh noise; dissonance.
verb (used without object)
6.
to disagree; be at variance.

Antonyms: concord,harmony

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I chose to work with the concept of Discord to attempt an aural shape of the world’s unrest. There is an endless list of edgy or morose songs that describe the anger and suffering that brews at the surface of life but these particular songs fell easily into place with a steady flux of energy. When shaping something with a difficult subject such as this I realize it runs the risk of trivializing its importance, but the songs merged so effortlessly that I think it says enough. Working with the music gave me a reason to explore the growing struggle of emotions I have with human depravation while also reconstructing gratitude for the good that is equally prevalent. Similar to the behavior of our world’s inhabitants this thematic mix never strays far from the timeless circular play of musical dissonance and harmony; discord and concord.


As always,

*** ENJOY ***








You may download this mix of discord right HERE.





And now, some videos hand-picked by Laura and also some examples of her lovely photography ...


























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