rift

The ideas behind Rift were first inspired by the effect of traveling alongside and looking through the crevasses in a wall or fence. Passing by the fence at varying speeds produces unique effects; if you are walking by slowly, you might only capture small glimpses of what is hidden on the other side whereas if you pass alongside quickly, you might capture a more complete, yet shuttered and distorted image of what you could not observe when passing slowly. The musical material is displayed throughout the piece to act like diaphanous objects, each with their own unique rifts that create different effects when traveling through various tempi.