AT 1812, INSPIRATION DOES NOT BELONG TO ONE DISCIPLINE. IT EMERGES THROUGH ART, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE AND PHILOSOPHY. YET ONE INFLUENCE QUIETLY SHAPES THE ATMOSPHERE BEHIND MUCH OF THE WORK: MUSIC.
MUSIC HAS THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM HOW WE EXPERIENCE SPACE AND TIME. IT ALTERS MOOD, SHARPENS FOCUS AND OPENS THE MIND TO NEW IDEAS. COMPOSERS SUCH AS LUDOVICO EINAUDI, MAX RICHTER, NILS FRAHM, OLAFUR ARNALDS, HANIA RANI AND DUSTIN O'HALLORAN CREATE ENVIRONMENTS OF SOUND RATHER THAN TRADITIONAL SONGS. THEIR WORK BLENDS CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTATION WITH SUBTLE ELECTRONIC TEXTURES, BUILDING ATMOSPHERE THROUGH SPACE, REPETITION AND QUIET INTENSITY. MANY DRAW INSPIRATION FROM EARLIER MINIMALIST PIONEERS SUCH AS PHILIP GLASS AND ARVO PART, DEMONSTRATING HOW REPETITION, SILENCE AND GRADUAL TRANSFORMATION CAN CREATE MUSIC OF PROFOUND EMOTIONAL DEPTH.
WHAT UNITES THESE COMPOSERS IS RESTRAINT. THEIR MUSIC RARELY SEEKS SPECTACLE. INSTEAD IT BUILDS ATMOSPHERE THROUGH SPACE, REPETITION AND QUIET INTENSITY — QUALITIES THAT RESONATE NATURALLY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF CONSIDERED DESIGN. FOR 1812, MUSIC REPRESENTS ANOTHER DIMENSION OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS. NOT SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM THE WORK, BUT SOMETHING WOVEN QUIETLY INTO IT. INSPIRATION IS RARELY LIMITED TO WHAT WE SEE. OFTEN IT BEGINS WITH WHAT WE HEAR.
