Program Notes:

This piece confronts the pervasiveness of mass manipulation in our information-saturated world. A constant barrage of propaganda, delivered through every screen and billboard, bombards us and erodes our critical thinking. We, the bombarded audience, become increasingly susceptible to forgetting, to the detriment of truth. The piece personalizes this phenomenon. It's about the insidious influence of that catchy ad, the one inescapable on radio, TV, and social media. It's about how our very bodies become battlegrounds in this manipulation, our attention the coveted prize. Ultimately, it's about a stark reality: some are actively silenced and ignored, while others hold undue power. It's a call for collective awareness, a reminder that true equality demands a shift in the power dynamic. 

The musical materials are based on Gusheh Bakhtiyari in Persian classical music. The text is based on Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism. The other sounds/texts are either made up by the composer or elsewhere.