Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie

At the heart of every life form there is rhythm. Movement, flow, change, renewal and repetition are all based on rhythm. It is only in rhythm, that we can experience time. Without vibration, without oscillation, there is static. There is nothing. Stability and solidity are illusions. Everything oscillates and vibrates - from the bridge of steel and concrete, to the energy shells around an atom. Even colours oscillate at different frequencies. We recognize and experience our world through rhythm. Everything vibrates - everything speaks. It is, in essence, a universe of sound. Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie lives in this universe in a way that almost no one else does. Together with her, this film dives in to the world of sound and rhythm - and into the world of our origins. “Touch the Sound” explores the fundamental connections between sound, rhythm, time and the body, and suggests that our sense of hearing can lead us toward a more attentive and meditative experience of the world.