Immortalizing Mortality

Memento mori (Latin 'remember that you must die') is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. 

DIRECTOR

Kayko Tamaki is a filmmaker, born and raised on the island of O’ahu — a surrounded with a culturally diverse and rich environment. Being multi-ethnic with Japanese roots— provided Kayko with a palette for the world. With roots from Japan all the way across the globe. Her/Their work gives you a sense of nostalgia and intimacy that captures the essence of the story. Kayko centers their work around capturing the nuances of a Japanese phrase, ‘Mono No Aware,’ which translates to the poetic, bitter-sweet, moments that are impermanent.

 MUSIC

Torii Wolf believes in music’s power to transcend. And when people hear Wolf’s arrestingly moving voice and wide-ranging musical style, they immediately drop into the emotion of the song and connect on levels that transcend genre, gender, time, and space.

“I  like how music can be a bridge to the spiritual world,” says Wolf. “I want to use my music to build a safe space for people to feel.”  To feel anything—to feel excited, or safe, or unsafe, or shocked, or uncomfortable. Music has a power to bring all these feelings forward in a safe way.