Persistence of Memory (2020)
2017-2020
Persistence of Memory (2020), is the first ever classical music visual album released on Amazon Prime worldwide. This dual compilation of film and album featured three commissions for violin and percussion and three solo violin works in collaboration with dance, digital art, spoken word, animation, fashion and film. The visual album's central theme is the equality of art forms, and expression, and ultimately, the equality of all human beings.
“I was inspired by thinking of the interdisciplinary art forms as a 'family' and therefore a community—the community of the arts. With this film, a new community is formed, and essentially, the viewer is taken through the journey towards that realization.” — Ilana Zaks
“Zaks’ technical command certainly shines through this work and throughout the entire album, but she blossoms in her pathos and commitment to this new sound world of delicious contrasts. … Zaks’ debut album insightfully explores the dynamics between contrasting ideals: dreams versus reality, hardness versus softness, destruction versus beauty.” — The Classical Post
