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David Louis Zuckerman is an interdisciplinary artist, writer/director and composer. The projects archived on this page collect a range of work across a variety of mediums.

In addition to numerous collaborations with contemporary artists, as video-editor, sound-designer, composer, and videographer, Zuckerman runs a studio in Silverlake, Los Angeles, specializing in scoring and film post-production. For inquiries visit:

studiodavidlouiszuckerman.com

The work archived on this page collects a range of selected projects as composer, director, film editor, actor and visual artist.


Projects

―   Haircut

―   New Theater Review

―   Le Rêve

―   NOO AT YESS

―   Two American Scenes

―   Ei Arakawa-Nash: Paintings Are Popstars

―   3 Music Videos for Synth-Pop Artist Geneva Jacuzzi

―   Untitled Figure

―   Readings, Quiet Mobile Loops, Tea and Fish

―   Wish

―   Penny Soundtrack LP

―   Odette Tape

―   Film Comment Magazine

―   Ostrava Days Festival 2021

―   Hyle String Trio

―   Fissão – Ostrava Days Festival

―   Ismay: Guide To Ismay Vol.1

―   Aplauso: Os Olhos Escutam

―   Full-Contact Minimalism

―   Penny Film

―   Reading/Non-Reading

―   8 x 8 Composers / Choreographers

―   Bar Bar – Performance

―   Casa de Buonaguro-Foerster

―   Ontopo 2018

―   Magick City Residency

―   How I Pulled Myself Out Of Swamp

―   Capitalist Realism Surinomo

―   Good Samaritans-NYCP

―   Sister-Song Benefit Performance

―   Eyes_1

―   How About A Game

―   Cologne Of The Maghreb

―   Really

―   S.E.M. Ensemble, Emerging Concert

―   The Evening-NYCP

―   The Augur-Untitled Radio

―   Jiro, Digital Painting-Musical

―   Cordelia Film

―   The Harmers LA


Bio

Before moving to Los Angeles, Zuckerman toured internationally with renowned American playwright Richard Maxwell’s theater company NYCP and was a critic at Film Comment magazine writing about contemporary cinema. Zuckerman is an alumnus of the Skowhegan Residency, the Labyrinth Theater Ensemble and the S.E.M. Emerging Composers Workshop. His work has shown at David Lewis Gallery, JOAN Los Angeles, New Theater Hollywood, Anthology Film Archives, Kunstverein Cologne, Hyle Athens, Candice Madey Gallery, and numerous other venues. He has been a frequent collaborator of many contemporary artists and performers. Zuckerman studied film scoring at Berklee College of Music and holds a BFA from The School of Visual Arts in Video Art and an MFA in Film/Video from Bard College. Work and collaborations have been covered in Art in America, LA Weekly, Artforum, Cahiers du Cinema, Purple Magazine, Hyperallergic, and The New York Times. Get in touch.

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S.E.M. Ensemble, Emerging Concert

S.E.M. ENSEMBLE, EMERGING COMPOSERS CONCERT
PER DIEM, (for Oboe, Marimba and Strings)
Composed by David Zuckerman
Conducted by Petr Kotik
February 9th, 2016
Jeffrey Reinhardt, Oboe
Chris Nappi, Percussion
Conrad Harris, Violin
Pauline Kim Harris, Violin
Liuh-Wen Tin, Viola
Mariel Roberts, Cello
James Ilgenfritz, Contrabass

Per Diem (For Jeffrey Reinhardt)
To play your instrument is a joy. Even in the face of musical complexity, to play is not complex. To feed, clothe and house yourself by your playing is complex. Per Diem is structured around a series of valleys and plateaus. From a technical standpoint it is easy to move between the one and the other, but if interpreted right, the path should feel like a matter of life and death.