Sound is invisible. The experience of hearing it properly is not.
Pure Sound approaches Burmester through the listener rather than the specification sheet. Following singer Joel Culpepper from the green room to performance, and Ni Maxine from the recording studio into her own city, the films explore what quality sound gives back: texture, attention and a deeper connection to performance.
Reel-to-reel tape, the spaces in which music is made and the musician’s own ears give the films their visual and emotional language. By grounding technical precision in an artist’s lived experience, the work turns an abstract promise about sound into something human, tactile and worth listening for.
