“Time Crunch” is a visual inspiration from Jordan Kuspa’s same-named musical composition, originally presented in synchronization with a live chamber orchestra. The landscape/environmental footage came together slowly over two years of travel that included Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nevada, Russia and Denmark. Using familiar time-lapse techniques and framing movements, it is in some sense by now a “genre piece” following the rich tradition of pioneering filmmakers like Godfrey Reggio and Ron Fricke. The intention, at the very heart of time manipulation itself, is to evince broad ruminations about our civilization, our consumption of resources, and our place in nature.