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In the Year of the Quiet Sun

2013

Essay Film by The Otolith Group

Credits: Original Music, Sound Design and Sound Mix
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In the Year of the Quiet Sun (2013) takes its name from the decrease in solar surface temperature that occurs every eleven years.  From November 1964 to November 1965, the nation states of the world issued postage stamps to commemorate the first scientific expedition to study the sun.  As the stamps turned their face towards the sky, they overlooked the unstable land of Africa’s newly independent states.

The Original soundtrack consists of concrète transformations of archive sound and national anthems alongside modular synthesizer.

Commissioned by Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

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