Where Worlds Collide

Katrin Koenning’s soulful visuals tell a nuanced tale about our troubled times, discovers Nilofer Khan. Her project, The Kids are in Trouble, is currently being exhibited at the third edition of the Chennai Photo Biennale.

- Nilofer Khan

The beginning of Ludovico Einaudi’s song, Experience, commences with soft notes from a piano. Gradually, other instruments, such as a classical guitar, a synthesiser, a cello, a violin, intertwine with the piano to form a symphony. The music gracefully, almost playfully, begins to pick up the pace. Each note seems to race with one another akin to waves crashing on a shore. The exhilaration rises, reaching the crescendo, then falling back to a slower pace, eventually ending on the similar piano notes as the start.