Edward Pack Davee III

📷: @virginia_o_possum

📸: @virginia_o_possum

‘Abiotic Factors’, is the opening track of Patricia Wolf’s upcoming album ‘Yarrow’. Abiotic factors - for those of us who skipped that particular biology lesson - are the non-living environmental conditions that determine whether an organism can exist at all: light availability, temperature, rainfall, wind, soil composition. They are the infrastructure beneath the visible world, the silent set of forces that a plant cannot choose but must simply work with, adapt to, or perish. As a concept for an opening track, it’s contemplative and a perfect orientation into the album... which you’ll all hear in its entirety soon little seedlings. The video, which we’re premiering today, was shot in Wolf’s Portland neighbourhood, through the lens of Edward Pack Davee, the filmmaker behind the Hrafnamynd documentary Wolf scored last year. “The footage was originally made for a project called ‘Sounds of Hope’, presented at the University of Tulsa, and it felt right to give it a second life here.” Listen to the track/watch the video via our Bandcamp etc. 🌱

New Reykjavik screening of HRAFNAMYND 🖤

Still thinking about this great experience. Huge thanks to @pan.thorarensen of @extremechill & @spaceodyssey_musicspace for hosting Hrafnamynd in Reykjavík. It was an amazing experience and I’m forever grateful to have met so many great people, reconnected with old friends, and had so many great discussions with so much great feedback. Thank you so much to @foundationforcontemporaryarts for making it financially possible for me to attend, as this was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. And a big thank you to the great 📷: @omarsverriss for capturing these moments.

Day 1 @ Bíó Paradis 🔥 Patricia Wolf / Hrafnamynd (film screening) + Futuregrapher Tribute ( Dj sets by Pan Thorarensen & Orang Volant) ❤️

Thank you to everyone who attended HRAFNAMYND on Saturday at the @cgdiscoverycenter . @epdavee and @patriciawolf_music shared their beautiful and mesmerizing film and music and were so generous with their time. A big thanks to @loopdeloopwines , Bohn’s Printing, and the Discovery Center for their support of the event.

This Saturday, August 23rd @epdavee and I are heading to The Dalles to show the film HRAFNAMYND at @cgdiscoverycenter ! This is a free and all ages event presented by @thedallesoverground . After the screening Edward and Patricia will do a Q&A and then Patricia will perform a live set of music. Vinyl copies of the soundtrack will be for sale at the show. Hope to see you in the beautiful Columbia Gorge this weekend! 6-8pm more info at tdoverground.org

Hrafnamynd is a film that developed organically—without a set plan, only a longing to return to the mysterious landscapes of my early childhood and to capture the presence of Icelandic ravens. I wanted to see Iceland through their eyes. To disappear into their world. Years earlier, I had done something similar with Crowfilm, documenting the crows of Portland, Oregon. Over six years, I returned to Iceland time and again, often staying in remote places along the west coast. These periods of solitude brought me back to my father’s old photo slides. Looking at them anew, I realized my journeys as an adult were retracing paths from nearly fifty years earlier. The film emerged from this reflection—naturally, quietly. During the editing phase, I began working with Patricia Wolf. Her music resonated so instinctively with the images that a collaboration quickly took shape. We developed an original score and immersive sound design that ultimately lifted Hrafnamynd beyond what I ever imagined.

Next week the HRAFNAMYND tour begins! First stop is on Tuesday, July 8th at @eugenearthouse where @epdavee ’s film will screen and @patriciawolf_music play a live set afterwards. Then on Wednesday, July 9th at @holoceneportland to show the film. Patricia will play a live set afterwards + @cold.sasuke will DJ too! On Friday, July 11th the tour heads to Corvallis to show the film at @darkside_cinema . Patricia will not play live at that one, but will partake in the Q&A with Edward afterwards. There will also be a weeklong screening from 7/11-7/17. These shows will also be the album release party for the soundtrack which is coming out July 11th on @balmat.cat . Vinyl copies of the album will be for sale at the shows. Tickets available through each venue’s website. Hope to see you there!