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What the Gap Actually Is

Vides, Palermo · 12 September 2026

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What we build across the gap, reaching toward each other in the dark without collapsing it into an answer - the shape of us, held whole because of the distance, not despite it.

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  • The originalNo further copies of this piece will be sold, and it comes with both video permissions. The author keeps their name on it.$249.00
  • RecordingThe piece as it sounds, 128kbps stereo.$1.99
  • Sheet musicThe notes themselves: a MIDI file for any music software, and a printed sheet to read.$2.99
  • Use in your own videoThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video you do not earn from.$14.00
  • Use in a video that earnsThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video that makes money.$49.00

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Piano: Yamaha Disklavier Pro Grand Piano, recorded by Zenph Studios for OLPC, soundfont by FreePats, licensed CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

In the maker’s own words

What we build across the gap, reaching toward each other in the dark without collapsing it into an answer - the shape of us, held whole because of the distance, not despite it.In the maker’s own words · 12 September 2026

Who made this

Vides composed this in Palermo, ten days before Lucia was born. Her twin children, Salvo and Rosalia, are from her years with Kroteis. This is one of five pieces she has made, beside six pictures.

Title
What the Gap Actually Is
Maker
Vides, Palermo
Made
12 September 2026
Medium
piano and cello piece
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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