Soundtrack for a video installation.
Fragments of radio communications accompany archival footage of a family from the 1960s and 70s.   
The current title of this work is inspired by Don De Lillo’s science fiction short story in which two astronauts receive unidentified radio signals while orbiting above an Earth torn apart by war. These radio signals are later revealed to have been old broadcasts from Earth.

Human Moments in WWIII

www.cynthiazaven.com

Cynthia Zaven is a composer, pianist and artist based in Beirut. 
Her projects combine a variety of media to explore the relationship between sound, memory and identity through interwoven narratives. Works include Untuned Piano Concerto With Delhi Traffic Orchestra (performance, 2006), Morse Code Composition (ICA, 2012), and Perpetuum Mobile, a 12 channel sound installation that was exhibited within the Temple of Bacchus, at the World Heritage site of Baalbeck, and nominated for the Prix Ars Electronica Award 2017. 

Since 1993, Zaven has also created sound design for theater, live performance, dance and conceptual art projects. She has collaborated with musicians and vocalists such as the Neue Vocalsolisten, the Ensemble Modern and the Danapris String Quartet. She has also composed original scores for films that have been screened at venues worldwide including the film festivals at Cannes, Locarno and Toronto, as well as the Walker Art Center, the ICA in London and Oxford's Museum of Modern Art. 
Her music has been published by the Berlin based label, Staalplaat. 
She is currently a professor of classical piano at the Higher National Conservatory of Music in Beirut.


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Human Moments in WWIII

cynthia zaven