"Paper Garden is a doppelgänger story by artist Haran Kim, inspired by a Polish folktale she heard during her childhood. The tale carries a legend that every person has three doppelgängers in the world, and if two of them happen to meet, one is destined to die."

-Haran Kim

Premiered in 2024

The project blends chamber music (written for soprano, horn, and piano), original poetry, and digital art. Rooted in the traditional apologue—a fable featuring animals that teaches a moral—each song weaves scientific concepts like bioluminescence and the honeybee waggle dance directly into the narrative.

-Wonderlab (Bloomington, IN) Video Premiere, 2026

"In her new work for oboe and piano, White Sand and Grey Sand, Olivo uses similar melodic devices, along with intricate rhythmic play and multiphonics, to create a rich soundscape that is emotional yet thoroughly modern."

-Sara Fraker