Artists Drew Krasner (music/poetry/fiction) and Jeremy Pailler (illustration/animation) met at  NES Artist Residency in Skagaströnd, Iceland in June 2014. Based on their transformative  experience with the country’s landscape and culture, they began brainstorming what would  eventually become the Iceland Soundscape Trio, an interdisciplinary art project of sensory  immersion and transportation. Primary goal: take the participant to Iceland/let people in on one  of the world’s best kept natural secrets.

To do this, Drew has written 10 original songs for piano trio with corresponding poems  after 10 specific Icelandic elements that work together to create the unique physical and cultural  of the island. The third element of the trio is visual and has been crafted by French artist, Jeremy  Pailler. Each song/poem also has a corresponding illustration done in watercolor and ink. In the  same vein as the overall project’s aim, all of the illustrative cards come together, like a puzzle, to  form a larger picture of Iceland. The complete product consists of audio CD and illustrative cards  with poems on the back, all inside of a box set. All of this is completed except for the printing of  the box set, which will be completed by the end of June. Along with this physical product,  Jeremy has created an animated videos of his illustrations that will be accompanied by  chronological (album order) snippets of the music overlaid with audio of Drew’s voice reading  the corresponding poems.