Tracing Transcendental Tone is a multiple award-winning feature documentary that follows a pilgrimage through the sacred sounds of India – a land of many faiths, including Vedanta, Islam and Buddhism. Using striking visual material accompanied by an evocative, multi-layered soundtrack, the audience is taken on a unique sonic journey through the sacred sound practices of many of the world’s key religions. A combination of interviews, performances, and natural sounds creates a rich, immersive cinematic experience. With an intimate, direct camera style, viewers can get close to the many spiritual practitioners, musicians, and meditation teachers who form the fabric of the journey. Bubbling hot springs, subtropical nocturnal symphonies of insects, and harsh, frozen mountain winds combine with mantra chanting, classical Hindustani music, and the dynamic temple sounds of drums and trumpets. This audiovisual tone poem invites you to experience greater sense awareness and the transformative and healing power of sound.
The Q&A with the filmmaker Julian Konczak will be hosted by Rolf Killius, consultant (museums, exhibitions and media), exhibition curator, oral historian, ethnomusicologist (MMus, SOAS, London University), sound and film producer/editor, and radio journalist.
