Author: cory

The pairing of music and visuals is unparalleled, unique and all encompassing.

A riveting musical and visual experience… a whirlwind emotional and sonic contemplation onliving in the modern world. 2025 Alive is a wild, important and deeply evocative release.

Timely visuals by Sidney Cullinan bring to life a live, improvised multimedia collaborationbetween Cory Cullinan and Riley Max. It’s 2025, and it’s time to get real.

What if the mirror told the truth? Living in this era feels like a collective test of emotional,intellectual, and moral endurance. That’s precisely what 2025 Alive aims to capture — anaudiovisual performance that defies traditional molds and becomes more than a song, but areflective and sensory experience. It bridges generations and disciplines to explore what it meansto be alive in a year that feels like a constant trial.The short film takes this tension a step further… The images oscillatebetween dystopian and poetic, as Sidney Cullinan captures the complexity of a time when values,politics, and everyday life collide without mercy. 2025 Alive is a multigenerational piece thatdoesn’t offer easy answers — it raises urgent questions instead. How far can we stretch the limitsof normality? Which ideas deserve to stay, and which must fall apart? The Cullinan family isholding up a sort of Mirror of Erised to our times.

A cathartic multigenerational multimedia collaboration.

Amplified with the mini movie that furthercements the theme of being constantly “tested” in the modern world. The release is a a thought-provoking piece about what it truly means to be free. The three all-star creatives have a naturaland magnetic chemistry. 2025 Alive is a must listen and watched piece.

Extraordinary. Literally so out of the ordinary… and moving… and off-balance making… Sovery different from anything else I have ever seen… and that covers a range of 8 decades!

2025 Alive takes audiences on a journey through the present moments… a surreal realm whereit’s difficult to differentiate between politics and culture. It opens with shots of everyday life andthen shifts to visuals from news outlets… where talking heads discuss the latest events and theirpossible effects. As the images come faster and faster, they assume a surreal milieu that initiallyconveys an overwhelming sense of confusion, followed by a feeling of catharsis as the scrollingimages release pent-up emotions. The film closes with snapshots of real people enjoying life,smiling, and connecting with others — an amazing juxtaposition of authenticity against thehollowness of current events.

Paired with a vibrant set of soul-stirring visuals by SidneyCullinan, 2025 Alive juxtaposes images of tender moments shared between families with jarringnews headlines. The masterpiece is a reminder that the world around us is always in flux, butlove is an all-conquering constant.