The permanence of a whim, like a casual decision to make your first tattoo a butterfly; a choice you regret, or forget, or evolve with over time; a whim for which you needed frivolity in order to take yourself seriously.

The superficial nature of standardized beauty can contain contradictory depths - scars are decoration, desire can be destructive, and beauty can be offensive, rough.

Clarity and noise aren’t opposites; both exist within the other and provide context for the work of intentional attention.

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Commissioned by andPlay.

Dedicated to Maya and Hannah.

Many thanks to David and to Joe.

– Victoria Cheah
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Performed by andPlay:

Maya Bennardo / violin
Hannah Levinson / viola
Victoria Cheah / composition and electronic playback

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Recorded and edited by David Bird at Mise-En Place in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY

Photography by Sarah Lloyd