The Sonosopher: Alex Caldiero in Life...In Sound

Running time: 66 mins

?You start by scribbling, but you end up emoting.?

Alex Caldiero describes himself as a ?sonosopher. ? He creates emotions and thoughts with sound. To Caldiero, sound is more than just music. When people hear words, they normally associate them with meanings and conveyances of thought. In reality, spoken words are merely sounds. Every spoken syllable is but a drop of water in a great symphony. When you speak, you sing. When you rely entirely on instruments, you actually constrain your own musical talent.

Directors Travis Low and Torben Bernhard create an intimate and colorful portrait of an unusual teacher and his unconventional relationship with language, art and life. Described as ?the embodiment of the word ?language,? or like a meta-mechanic of meaning,? Cadiero bursts with a boundless energy eager to escape and share its power with the world. And though his message seems clear, find your own language and arrange your own musical.

? Pearl Wong

Preceded by the short film: GRANDE DAME; Director: Anita McGee, Country: Canada, Film Info: 12 min - A trans-gendered Grande Dame of the theatre, gives a farewell performance to adoring fans. And three women say farewell to an eccentric friend.