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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. I wrote the score for this project.
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.
I researched celestial NASA recordings, the work of Persian composer Sahba Aminikia, Aphex Twin, the film essays of Suneil Sanzgiri, and regional/ diaspora recordings to design the sound palette for this project.
Instruments used: UDO Super Six binaural desktop synthesizer, Moog Mother-32, free Soundpaint plug-ins (modified), VCV Rack, clarinet, a broken saxophone, ukulele, and treated vocals. Singing emerges only in the last scene, where a reappropriated future is seen- a place where unheard and silenced voices are finally able to speak.
This film essay premiered at Victoria and Albert Museum (London) from September 2024- February 2026, and is currently touring in the festival circuit worldwide.
