Diaspora Comes Home
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Diaspora Comes Home

A round-up of the cosmopolitan classical musical culture in Iran.

Norient Magazine,“Klangteppich: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora and Beyond,” published for “Klangteppich: Festival for music of the Iranian diaspora IV.” Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).

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Artists Elín Hansdóttir and Úlfur Hansson on the Beauty of Rubber Bands
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Artists Elín Hansdóttir and Úlfur Hansson on the Beauty of Rubber Bands

Ad Infinitum is a thought-provoking collaboration between visual artist Elín Hansdóttir and composer/sound artist Úlfur Hansson. Together, the Icelandic duo (and siblings) explore subtle phenomenological aspects of spatial orientation. Hansdóttir and Hansson invite the viewer to dwell in a liminal space that evades concrete meaning but foregrounds the embodied awareness of being present in an environment. Catalog essay for Gerdarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum.

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Art and Resistance: in Solidarity with Iran
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Art and Resistance: in Solidarity with Iran

An interview on Unite and Conquer’s livestream rally in support of Iran’s “Women Life Freedom” movement, capturing a brief summary of artistic suppression since the 1979 revolution and art’s potential in the current resistance movement.

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WhiteBox Zooms in on Arab Artists
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WhiteBox Zooms in on Arab Artists

Transnational reflections on the Kafiye and Arab identity in this explosive group show showcasing emerging contemporary Arab artists. Collaboration with KAFLab. WhiteBox exhibition catalog essay.

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