Create + Explore is a conversation between mediums, founded earlier this year by world-class producer Ta-Ku, an ideal curator for the project given his affinity for both auditory and visual creativity. The fifth collaboration in Create + Explore brings together two established creatives currently residing on the West Coast of Australia, photographer Adam Borrello and musician Loston. Their individual working practices coalesce for the first time in Create + Explore, a collaboration strengthened and made sincere by a long-running personal friendship between the two creatives.

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Central to Create + Explore 005 is a series of images shot by Borrello between Western Australia and Indonesia in 2014, images that Borello says “aim to draw focus on a transition from urban sprawl into nature, and express the sense of isolation one can experience, no matter the location.” The viewer is taken through a rapid-fire, time-lapse style series of aerial shots of Perth’s motorways, as a chill, ambient beat from Loston gently crescendos. Borello’s grand panoramas reveal Perth City in a striking new light, capturing its inhabitants on their daily grind, moving through the CBD’s streets and driving its roads; as his imagery transitions from morning to night we experience the full arc of daily Perth city life.

A dark, haunting vocal then transitions us into an Indonesian mountainscape, the swirling plumes of morning mist the perfect visual encapsualation of the trap tones swelling in the score. There’s a sincerity encoded in the work that culminates in the creation of a strong sense of place and awe for the viewer; who, taken to the furthest top of the mountain, is very much alone, removed from human touch; the music as chilly as the imagery’s atmospheres.

Loston – Next Exit