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Speculations on Capture is a film essay that explores stories of how celestial objects originating from Iran and Pakistan are now held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Morehshin Allahyari and I chose to work in close proximity for much of the post-production of this film essay. She would cut film while I worked on the score with a portable studio at Real Time and Space in Oakland, CA. This made for an organic and sensitive fluidity between visuals and sound.
Sonic research included celestial NASA recordings, Sahba Aminikia, the film essays of Suneil Sanzgiri, and regional/ diaspora recordings.
Composed using UDO Super Six binaural desktop synthesizer, Moog Mother-32, free Soundpaint plug-ins (modified), VCV Rack, clarinet, a broken saxophone, ukulele, and treated vocals.
Vocals emerge only in the last scene, where a reappropriated future is seen- a place where unheard and silenced voices are finally able to sing.
This film essay premiered at Victoria and Albert Museum (London) from September 2024- February 2025.
