Kyoto and Osaka.
The snow-covered Golden Pavilion.
The rock garden of Ryōan-ji.
And the luminous skyline of Osaka.
Silence and structure.
Eternity and the present.
The time of two cities quietly intersects within a single work of moving images.
The music begins with Saint-Saëns’ Le Cygne in its orchestral version,
passes through the cello performance of Dai Miyata,
and transitions into Fauré’s Sicilienne performed by the Berlin Philharmonic.
All fades away into silence.
This is not a record.
It is an image created for eternal preservation.