Miya Masaoka uses music to interact with plants and insects Jon Rose turns fences into musical instruments with a violin bow in conflict zones ranging from the Australian outback to Israel John Luther Adams translates geophysical phenomena in Alaska into music and Bob Ostertag explores sociopolitical issues through processes as diverse as transcribing riots into string quartets and creating live cinema with garbage By contrasting the creative paths of these artists and a connection between them by the world renowned Kronos Quartet the film explores music not as a form of entertainment career or even selfexpression but as a tool to develop more deeply meaningful relationships with people and the complexities of the world they live in
