The Book of Sand

Overview

Attend the Sydney Festival without leaving the comfort of your couch. Dutch composer Michel van der Aa and Aussie singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke have collaborated to bring you a dreamy, digital choose-your-own-adventure. In fact, you can pop over here and download it right away.

The Book of Sand is not just any swashbuckling pirate's tale. It's an artwork, combining beautiful visuals with sound. Visitors choose between three different worlds (or 'film layers'): a stone gallery, a cellar or a desolate desert, where they meet Miller-Heidke singing while exploring her surroundings.

Deftly defying conventions, the music moves from one genre to another, shifting between abstract electronica, alt-pop and a cappella, which is where Nederlands Kamerkoor, an extraordinary independent Dutch choir, comes in.