"Somewhere, all the cries and screams of pain and sorrow must go when the great silence arises after wars."
What remains is the mute, blood-stained earth. Through Emission Spectroscopy, we translate the light frequencies of this soil into sound.
The soil of Ukraine, accompanied by the unique earth sounds of 200 countries. A call for insight, community, and reconciliation.
A work emerging from an international project initiated in 1993 – conceived by leif.e.boman and Aicha Boman.
What began as a vision has evolved into a global collaboration uniting people and soils from more than two hundred countries through sound and music.
Each nation contributes its own voice, its identity, its resonance.
Together, they compose an emotional map of humanity.
It is this collective force – a shared emotional pulse – that has made “AMYGDALA” possible.
The work has been created in close collaboration with:
- — Bohdana Frolyak, a Ukrainian composer
- — Patrick Chartol, audiovisual artist, music producer – France
- — leif.e.boman, sound artist and composer – Sweden
Together, they shape an artistic expression where the voices of the world meet, merge, and become something greater than any one of us.
This… is “Amygdala”
A reflection on the ongoing war of aggression in Ukraine
The Film
02 — Visual Narrative
DURATION: 25:49 MIN
FORMAT: LIVE ORCHESTRA + ELECTRONICS
A cinematic exploration by Patrick Chartol. Designed to be performed with live orchestra playing Bohdana Frolyak’s compositions and amplified earth sounds by leif.e.boman.
Visual Excerpts — Stills from the Motion Picture
Bohdana Frolyak
Renowned Ukrainian composer. Most of the works featured in the film were composed at the onset or during the war in Ukraine, creating a haunting resonance with the visual narrative.
leif.e.boman
Visual Artist & Founder. He digs where history has bled to reveal invisible frequencies and translate them into art.
Patrick Chartol
Film Director. Capturing the visual echo of the project, creating a bridge between the soil and the screen.
"Exploring the invisible"
Explanation by leif.e.boman
