In an age of intersecting political, man-made and ecological disasters, ‘Preemptive Listening’ is an ode to the sirens that are and those that could be. Siren compositions from over 20 contemporary musicians form a resonant voice to ask: Does an alarm have to be alarming?
Aura Satz
An artist born in 1974 in Barcelona and based in London, whose work combines film, sound, performance and sculpture. Her filmography includes short films such as ‘Automamusic’ (2008), ‘Vocal Flame’ (2012), ‘Between the Bullet and the Hole’ (2015) and ‘Entangled Nightvisions’ (2018), amongst others.‘Preemptive Listening’ (2024), her first feature, won the New Visions Award at CPH:DOX. She has performed, exhibited and screened her work internationally, including Tate Modern, BFI Southbank, Hayward Gallery or Sydney Biennale, and she has presented special screening programmes at the Rotterdam Film Festival, The New York Film Festival, Tate Britain, Whitechapel Gallery and more.
DIRECTOR
Aura Satz
SCREENPLAY
Aura Satz
EDITOR
Aura Satz
SOUND
Panos Chountoulidis
MUSIC
Sarah Davachi, Rhodri Davies, Evelyn Glennie, Mazen Kerbaj, Christina Kubisch, Anton Lukoszevieze, Moor Mother, Bj Nilsen, Maja Ratkje, Laurie Spiegel, Ilpo Väisänen
PRODUCTION
Luke W. Moody, Aura Satz, Mika Taanila, Jussi Eerola
