flwr is now avail on bandcamp
flwr visual is now avail on youtube
flwr is now avail on spotify
flwr is now avail on apple music
flwr is now avail on all major platforms

flwr as art is avail as a 1/1 edition here

liner notes:

flwr
Music by CINIMA & Mirs
Produced by Nima Rezai & Amir Motlagh
Mixed by Nima Rezai
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield at AudibleOddities
Artwork by Amir Motlagh
℗ CINIMA Publishing / ANIMALS Publishing Worldwide
© 2022 CINIMA / ANIMALS / Nima Rezai / Amir Motlagh

flwr (B-Side)
Music by CINIMA & Mirs
Produced by Nima Rezai & Amir Motlagh
Mixed by Nima Rezai
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield at AudibleOddities
Artwork by Amir Motlagh
℗ CINIMA Publishing / ANIMALS Publishing Worldwide
© 2022 CINIMA / ANIMALS / Nima Rezai / Amir Motlagh

video art
flwr - CINIMA X Mirs

Directed by Amir Motlagh & Nima Rezai
Music by CINIMA & Mirs
Produced by Nima Rezai & Amir Motlagh
Mixed by Nima Rezai
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield at AudibleOddities
Artwork by Amir Motlagh
℗ CINIMA Publishing / ANIMALS Publishing Worldwide
© 2022 CINIMA / ANIMALS / Nima Rezai / Amir Motlagh

June 22, 2020

Amir Motlagh

Cinema

three eleven or (a meditation on stillness inside chaos) - out now

June 22, 2020

Amir Motlagh

Cinema

while i did not compose the 33min continuous soundtrack to this conceptual featurette below, my stepfather did. three eleven or (a meditation on stillness inside chaos) is now available to stream or purchase. full info below….

**note: headphones advised**

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, the United States went into shutdown to keep citizens sheltered from the threat of a mysterious global pandemic sweeping the world. In this meditative days-in-the-life-of work, a small family experiences the fog of time from a mandatory stay at home order, as a strange, comforting togetherness forms in a very uncertain time.

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directors statement:

"three eleven" is a meditation. It is a reflection of boredom, of togetherness, of uncertainty, and most of all, stillness. It intends to direct the viewer into the granularity of life in its most basic, mundane practicalities, and thus, direct focus into the beauty of routine, and of the nowness, all while under the umbrella of impending & uncertain chaos, a lingering scent of anxiety as the real outside world experiences shocks unlike any other in modern times.

It is intended as an experience, hypnosis, and a reflection. The stillness is the message. While stripping the “narrative” of the filmic medium into its most minimal building block, the frame clicks out of “narrative” time, and into clock time. It’s a universal acknowledgment of this very “moment in time”, and we intend for this to be a visual/audio documentation at its most basic level while conveying the beauty of togetherness and separation at its most minimal.

This work is indebted to Ozu & Kiarostami, who oddly enough (the latter), and without my prior knowledge shares his birthday with our release date.

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credits:

Shot & Directed by Amir Motlagh
Produced by ANIMALS & Charles Borg
Story by Charles Borg & Amir Motlagh
Music by Amir Motlagh
© ANIMALS 2020

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release date: 06/22/20
trt: 33 min
original aspect: 1:85:1