Building on the film's blend of documentary, scientific, and natural imagery, Chang's score questions how audio takes up space in a visual hierarchy, and invokes spiritual concentration via classic club sounds.

Where Can We Be Found? (2023; أين يمكن أن تجدنا؟, by EcoRove) is a research project and film that focuses on the state of Lebanese Cedar trees (Cedrus libani) today, exploring the various ecologies that the tree inhabits and co-inhabits. Shown in two parts and accompanied by a pair of animated drawings, the film re-tells transhistorical narratives of the Cedar, which has been used since ancient times as a symbol of eternity and immortality. Tracing various degrees of human impact leading to the tree's contemporary demise- for example, the disruption of its habitat due to climate change and extractive tourism- and its use as a civic emblem to craft the illusion of a distinct Lebanese identity, Where Can We Be Found? distinguishes the Lebanese Cedar as an autonomous being from the various ways in which it has been used as a national, cultural, and ecological symbol, or otherwise misconstrued.

FILM SCORES

WHERE CAN WE BE FOUND? (2023) original score, electronic, musique concrète/  original score for 45-min art documentary, premiered via Screen Series at the New Museum, NYC.

Artist Edition Cassette courtesy of the New Museum, NYC and Spirit Duplicator, London UK.

January 7, 2024: Live Score Performance by Frances Chang at the New Museum