“Contrapunctus”

UK -Jim Aitchison is a composer and artist interested in separations and uncertain correspondences between different art forms. “Contrapunctus” deals with the effects of mental adversity on creativity (and vice versa) in the context of psychological, geographical and artistic isolation and disconnection. The music creates ambiguous 'completions' of hitherto unfinished/abandoned pieces of music from the past (Bach's Art of Fugue, and an unfinished Canon by Chopin). Jim’s film was completed just before the pandemic hit, and multiple venues for screenings were closed.