Carmel Farahbakhsh (they/them) is a sound artist, composer, violinist, and performer. They collaborate with various creatives locally such as acting composer and co-director alongside Darcie Bernhardt for a short film titled Nanuk &Bibi shown at Nocturne 2020, Toronto Short Film Festival 2021 and was a finalist in the 2022 Independent Short Awards International Film Festival. They have also acted as composer and instrumentalist for Liliona Quarmyne and Mo Drescher’s performance and residency titled: Moves & Marks: tenderness-risk-boundaries, as well as work alongside long-time collaborator Moor Mother in musicianship and artmaking. They are the chair of local artist-run centre The Khyber Centre for the Arts and are the Creative Director of K'jipuktuk (Halifax) based EVERYSEEKER festival. They are currently working on their first solo project titled Saydah Ruz.
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