18Technique and audiovisual counterpoint in the Estuaries series
Introduction
An estuary is the outlet of a river where it meets the tide. Fresh water meets salt water in complex dynamics, varying with the flow of the river and forces of the tide. Continuity, fragmentation, instabilities and transformations intertwine.
We find a continuum, here, between the distinct streams, the mixing, and their ultimate combining. Consider a poetic comparison between this intertwining stage and musical counterpoint. Individuality and interdependence co-exist: multiple identifiable musical lines intertwine. The horizontal (harmonic) and linear (melodic) define each other. Contrary motion and consonance “serve the morphological task of unification ...
