When Apathy is Betrayal asks: what does it mean to remain with what one has heard, rather than turning away? The work is an exploration of deepened attention. If apathy begins with the closing of the ear, then this piece proposes listening as an act that binds us, however tenuously, to the lives of others.

The complete work can be heard on New Focus Recordings’ release When Apathy Is Betrayal.

Hear the end of this 60-minute piece:

[let us walk, barefoot in heart, on this, our earth, without borders]

lass uns gehen
barfuß im herzen
auf diese
unsere erde
ohne grenzen

In Movement 8, Lass uns gehen, musicians and audience leave the concert space and continue the piece outdoors. This gesture symbolizes migration: experiencing displacement and change resists apathy.