Opening Reception with Meter & Light: Day

For the opening night of the residency, Recess Session artist Zain Alam will screen Meter & Light: Day, the first part of his ongoing installation series, completed earlier this year. Following will be a musical performance by Slowspin, a Pakistani American musician and collaborator on the Night installment.

Meter & Light is an aesthetic inquiry into the rhythmic foundations that fashion senses of time as lived by Muslims. Drawing upon artist Zain Alam’s training in Islamic studies and as a composer, this multi-channel audio/video installation depicts the cyclical measures used to mark the passage of light, seasons, and spiritual revelation.

The 20 minute, 3-channel audiovisual installation will continue to play on loop through the evening, and be on view to the public for the following week until October 18. After which, he will work with collaborators Sam B. Jones, Zeerak Ahmed / SLOWSPIN, and Warren Hilldebrand to produce the second installment in the series Meter & Light: Night over the course of the Session.