42 min 24 second original Music & sound design composed and arranged by Peter Vilk & Roxana Vilk for the ‘Evolution’ Exhibition, Asia House, London A creative collaboration with architects from StudioIntegrate
All of these audio samples are drawn from our own Vilk Collective archive of field recordings in Iran, between 2001 - 2006
I layer and weave this with sonic and musical interpretations on percussion and piano and Roxana on vocals.
From the trance inducing drum beats of the ancient healing “Zar” ceremony of Southern Iran (that celebrates and honours the spirits carried and affected by the wind) to children singing on the beach in Bander Abbas. From the morning birdsong in Shiraz gardens, to the polyrhythmic metallic hammering of busy blacksmiths of Isfahan market...
We take a journey in sound & location from the hustle and bustle of a market in Tehran & Minab to the mesmerising reverberations inside the famous Jameh mosque of Isfahan.
From the disorientating quiet of the sea mangroves on Queshm Island in the Persian Gulf, to the busy downtown traffic of Tehran.......
We imagined taking a sonic journey by being the wind itself as it travelled across different landscapes and architectural spaces across Iran reflecting the images and themes of the Evolution exhibition architects visual contours of light, velocity and pressure mapping of wind across various landmarks across Iran
The starting point of our creative process was the natural power of the wind and how it has been used consciously in the vernacular architecture of Iran.
The sound design and music plays with actually being the wind; being the particles of the architectural structures as they interact with the wind, propogating sound waves and ultimately our intrepid personal interpretation of being on a journey deep inside the sounds of Iran.
Released April 14, 2015
To Be Released on Vinyl in 2021
Copyright studioINTEGRATE - Inspiration for sound design elements came from looking at images like these, this one of Khaju Bridge, Isfahan, Iran