Alia Farid x 59th Carnegie International Vinyl
$35.00 - $1,000.00
Alia Farid worked with Pittsburgh-based Hellbender Vinyl to press a record made from discarded water bottles, incorporating field recordings gathered across the region. The record anchors an outdoor sound installation programmed to play on a schedule aligned with Shatt Al Arab time, weaving another place’s rhythm into Pittsburgh’s own.
“We made a vinyl LP by the artist Alia Farid,” says Inouye. “Alia had been visiting the southern Iraqi marshlands for several years and was taking field recordings, including one of a particular percussion instrument—a small drum related to the African talking drum from West Africa. She sent a sample to collaborators who are artists and music producers, and they returned with tracks. We were thinking about circulation — what if someone can't come here? How can one of the works still reach them, still be experienced? Because it's sonic and because we can record things, those things can travel.”
The vinyl record is $35. The vinyl art installation can be purchased for $1000.
