Cascade is visceral document of the surrender of Self to Nature. Through a freefall of
meticulously collaged, mirrored, and refracted natural images, filmmaker Jonathon Stearns
offers a visual counterpart for an improvised track by esteemed South Korean musicians
(guitarist Jean Oh, vocalist Minyoung Kim, and flutist Aram Lee) and Stearns (on trumpet and piano) at Coyote Run Studio in Joshua Tree, CA in January 2024. Recorded live without overdubs, the music is an offering to the natural majesty of the desert environs and the Quadrantids meteor shower occurring at the time. Constructed from original video footage without the use of animation or AI, Cascade floods and redistributes the concept of identity through a non-linear narrative in which the spectator’s imagination is invited to flow in and out of symmetry as the
barriers between sound-image and human-environment give way and ultimately erode.

CASCADE is a Channel B4 original production directed by Jonathon Stearns.

contact: channelb4@gmail.com