Drowned Thirst

As for the starting of her first semester at KlangKunst department, Anahita and her colleagues were invited by their tutor Kaspar Konig to perform at UMBO culture club in Zurich, Switzerland. For this performance She is using the sound of the water pump machines recorded in her hometown, Ahwaz and make a song out of them to be the background for her solo piano performance. The piano performance is based on a Persian traditional musical mode called “Deylamaan”. During the performance she recites a poem written by her friend currently living in Ahwaz. The poem is regarding the water crisis her people were facing and the gradual turn of events during and after the eight years of forced war with Iraq. Anahita used the sound of the water pump machines as a symbol of the effort people should put on having water during the day.