fabric of sorrow (2023)

for alto flute, bflat clarinet, violin, cello, electronics, animation

commissioned by NAMES ENSEMBLE

about:

A fluid architecture made from hair and skin, swallows peoples’ pain and turns them into ethereal
spaces. At its core, sit the grieving mothers weaving a fabric of light that feeds the building.
This fabric begins with a strand of hair that runs through the building, becomes the mother’s umbilical
cord and strengthens the bodies through the narrow alleys.
Dedicated to those who have lost their lives in the ongoing Iranian revolution
Regarding the scene with the eye: Many Iranian women have been shot in one eye during the protests.

These are the fragments/sections indicated on the score.

Each fragment corresponds with the visual narrative.
I. the architecture from junks of memories
II. patterns symbols bodies mouth filth sweat shit mother engines (nostalgia machine)
III. The face with one eye. Mutual pain
IV. bird. tubes. tears
V. mother.
VI. engine