White Horses
White Horses began life as a simple idea sketched out on an iPhone before being transferred into Cubase, where it evolved into a fully realised track. The accompanying video presents a short excerpt from the three-minute piece, offering a glimpse into its mood and underlying narrative. Written and recorded by This Window, White Horses uses the imagery of the sea and surfing as a metaphor for domestic abuse and the emotional turbulence that accompanies it. The ocean becomes a symbol of an unstable relationship, with waves representing recurring cycles of anger, manipulation, fear and control. The video also incorporates images drawn from the artist's earlier visual work, creating a dialogue between past and present creative projects. One sequence features a woman standing within the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg before Capitalism = Terrorism , a painting that reflects themes of power, conflict and social control. Elsewhere, an image of a church displayed within ...