Zain Alam

Zain Alam is a New York-based artist and composer whose 3-channel audiovisual installations, such as Meter & Light, draw on Islamic ritual rhythms and training in Islamic studies. Born in 1990 in Queens, Alam has also worked as an oral historian for the 1947 Partition Archive. Alam was a 2023-24 PASS Artist-in-Residence at Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Staten Island, where a Meter & Light: Day part was presented in December 2023. The residency is listed on Snug Harbor's program history page.