A triptych video installation, Coalescence explores the notion of free will through marriage. The original text of the voiceovers uses the imagery of gardens and plants as a metaphor for the women's inner world. Over visuals tinted in a vibrant red hue, a young woman speaks of her walk through a public park, dreaming of her own garden where she can do as she pleases. In autumnal orange, the middle aged woman reflects on the state of her garden, overgrown and in need of attention, but also the beauty of the established plants coming into their own. Finally, in the yellow of old photographs, the older woman rests in a plantation of trees, reflecting on nature's course.

Representing a universal experience that endures through time and culture, the work will utilise archival visual material from the National Film and Television Archive (BFI) in the UK, the Library of Congress in the US, and the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive, in a combination that coincidentally resembles Hinkel-Pevzner's background.

Research and development of the project was funded by Arts Council England and the European Cultural Foundation.