List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-05-29
Artists Insight: Women, Art & Politics--Remembering, Rhyming, We Won't Stop
Bay Area - San Francisco Thursday - May 29, 2008 03:00 PM
The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics
Curated by: Berin Golonu
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF
First Floor Galleries
Mar 29 – Jun 29, 2008
Organized by YBCA, this exhibition showcases the politically charged work of a new generation of women who use creativity as a form of empowerment and a means for making social change. Emphasizing performativity, collaboration and coalition building, the artworks spotlight the daring of women who unapologetically assert themselves, and project their identities out into the world to address a range of issues from the personal to the global. While the works are influenced by the feminist ideologies and activist movements of the past, including the anti-war, pro-choice and environmental movements of the 60s and 70s; the gendered, multi-cultural identity politics of the 80s; and the rebellious Riot Grrrl punk music movement of the 90s; they also speak loudly and clearly to the issues facing women right now. Adhering to the notion that there is strength in numbers, The Way That We Rhyme culls together work from women of differing backgrounds and disciplines to highlight the common goals of their practices.
Artists include: Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andrea Bowers, Nao Bustamante, Tammy Rae Carland, Vaginal Davis, Eve Fowler with Math Bass, Deborah Grant, MK Guth, Taraneh Hemami, Miranda July and Shauna McGarry, LTTR, Leslie Labowitz and Suzanne Lacy, Aleksandra Mir, Laurel Nakadate, Shinique Smith, subRosa, SWOON and Tennessee Jane Watson, The Counterfeit Crochet Project organized by Stephanie Syjuco, The Toxic Titties, Jessica Tully, and RiotGrrl zines from the Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland.
Curated by: Berin Golonu
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF
First Floor Galleries
Mar 29 – Jun 29, 2008
Organized by YBCA, this exhibition showcases the politically charged work of a new generation of women who use creativity as a form of empowerment and a means for making social change. Emphasizing performativity, collaboration and coalition building, the artworks spotlight the daring of women who unapologetically assert themselves, and project their identities out into the world to address a range of issues from the personal to the global. While the works are influenced by the feminist ideologies and activist movements of the past, including the anti-war, pro-choice and environmental movements of the 60s and 70s; the gendered, multi-cultural identity politics of the 80s; and the rebellious Riot Grrrl punk music movement of the 90s; they also speak loudly and clearly to the issues facing women right now. Adhering to the notion that there is strength in numbers, The Way That We Rhyme culls together work from women of differing backgrounds and disciplines to highlight the common goals of their practices.
Artists include: Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andrea Bowers, Nao Bustamante, Tammy Rae Carland, Vaginal Davis, Eve Fowler with Math Bass, Deborah Grant, MK Guth, Taraneh Hemami, Miranda July and Shauna McGarry, LTTR, Leslie Labowitz and Suzanne Lacy, Aleksandra Mir, Laurel Nakadate, Shinique Smith, subRosa, SWOON and Tennessee Jane Watson, The Counterfeit Crochet Project organized by Stephanie Syjuco, The Toxic Titties, Jessica Tully, and RiotGrrl zines from the Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland.
Free Lecture; Principles of Self-Healing
Bay Area - San Francisco Thursday - May 29, 2008 07:15 PM
The School for Self-Healing, located at 2218 48th Avenue, in San Francisco hosts a FREE Lecture Series, with weekly special guests on topics of interest for health and wellness, every Thursday Night from 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm.
9th Rainbow Film Festival
Europe - UK Thursday - May 29, 2008 07:30 PM
Iranian Films at the 9th Rainbow Film Festival
25 May - 7 June 2008
Rainbow Film Society is delighted to present the 9th Rainbow Film Festival, taking place at Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, Genesis Cinema, the Brady Arts Centre and Museum in Docklands. The Festival’s main aim is to explore the history and culture of other countries and their traditions and promote cultural diversity and social cohesion. As well as showcasing established artists, the Festival gives a voice to emerging local talent.
www.rainbowfilmsociety.com
WAKE UP AREZOO (BIDAR SHO, AREZOO!)
90 min./ Iran/ Dir. Kianoosh Ayyari/ With: Mehran Rajabi, Mohammad-Hossein Akbari
Moments after an earthquake in a small village, a young teacher pulls herself from the debris and moves toward the town of Bam to find help. As soon as she sees the ruins of the city, she stays to help the injured. She meets a bereaved prisoner who has lost his entire family in the earthquake. She convinces the prisoner and a young Red Crescent helper to move to the village.
A riveting yet respectful drama about the earthquake that destroyed the 2,000 year-old Iranian city of Bam, ‘Wake Up, Arezoo!’ ranks as one of the most realistic catastrophe movies ever made.
Thur 29th May/ Genesis Cinema/ 7.30 p.m
MEN AT WORK (KARGARAN MASHGHOULE KARAND)
78 min./ Iran /2006/ Dir. Mani Haghighi/ With: Attila Pesyani, Mahmoud Kalari, Ahmad Hamed/ Cert. 15
‘Sophisticated audiences will enjoy this thoroughly modern spoof on masculine fixations, played out in frank, realistic dialogue.’ Deborah Young, Variety
Based on an idea by pre-eminent Iranian director, Abbas Kiarostami, Men at Work tells the hilarious story of four old friends who, driving back from a skiing trip, encounter an unfamiliar, oddly-shaped giant rock. The men's frivolous attempt to dislodge the rock gradually disintegrates into a tale of betrayal, defeat, and, finally, renewed hope. Trying to shift (an undeniably phallic) rock is both a metaphor for any kind of obstacle that one may face in life, and a pure comedy about how difficult it is to dislodge a big rock from the earth!
Through alternating episodes of silence, physical comedy, emotional outbursts and acts of desperation, we learn of our protagonists’ relationships with women and with each other, but mainly we witness how widely their approaches to solving the ‘problem’ of the rock vary.
Sat 31st May/ Rich Mix Centre/ 7.30 p.m
About the Rainbow Film Society
Started in 1991, the Rainbow Film Society is a non-profit and voluntary socio-cultural organisation, devoted to visual arts and films. The aim and objective of the Society is to advance the education of the public in the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of arts, particularly the art of film and allied visual techniques. The society organises regular film screenings, lectures, discussions, workshops and exhibitions.
25 May - 7 June 2008
Rainbow Film Society is delighted to present the 9th Rainbow Film Festival, taking place at Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, Genesis Cinema, the Brady Arts Centre and Museum in Docklands. The Festival’s main aim is to explore the history and culture of other countries and their traditions and promote cultural diversity and social cohesion. As well as showcasing established artists, the Festival gives a voice to emerging local talent.
www.rainbowfilmsociety.com
WAKE UP AREZOO (BIDAR SHO, AREZOO!)
90 min./ Iran/ Dir. Kianoosh Ayyari/ With: Mehran Rajabi, Mohammad-Hossein Akbari
Moments after an earthquake in a small village, a young teacher pulls herself from the debris and moves toward the town of Bam to find help. As soon as she sees the ruins of the city, she stays to help the injured. She meets a bereaved prisoner who has lost his entire family in the earthquake. She convinces the prisoner and a young Red Crescent helper to move to the village.
A riveting yet respectful drama about the earthquake that destroyed the 2,000 year-old Iranian city of Bam, ‘Wake Up, Arezoo!’ ranks as one of the most realistic catastrophe movies ever made.
Thur 29th May/ Genesis Cinema/ 7.30 p.m
MEN AT WORK (KARGARAN MASHGHOULE KARAND)
78 min./ Iran /2006/ Dir. Mani Haghighi/ With: Attila Pesyani, Mahmoud Kalari, Ahmad Hamed/ Cert. 15
‘Sophisticated audiences will enjoy this thoroughly modern spoof on masculine fixations, played out in frank, realistic dialogue.’ Deborah Young, Variety
Based on an idea by pre-eminent Iranian director, Abbas Kiarostami, Men at Work tells the hilarious story of four old friends who, driving back from a skiing trip, encounter an unfamiliar, oddly-shaped giant rock. The men's frivolous attempt to dislodge the rock gradually disintegrates into a tale of betrayal, defeat, and, finally, renewed hope. Trying to shift (an undeniably phallic) rock is both a metaphor for any kind of obstacle that one may face in life, and a pure comedy about how difficult it is to dislodge a big rock from the earth!
Through alternating episodes of silence, physical comedy, emotional outbursts and acts of desperation, we learn of our protagonists’ relationships with women and with each other, but mainly we witness how widely their approaches to solving the ‘problem’ of the rock vary.
Sat 31st May/ Rich Mix Centre/ 7.30 p.m
About the Rainbow Film Society
Started in 1991, the Rainbow Film Society is a non-profit and voluntary socio-cultural organisation, devoted to visual arts and films. The aim and objective of the Society is to advance the education of the public in the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of arts, particularly the art of film and allied visual techniques. The society organises regular film screenings, lectures, discussions, workshops and exhibitions.
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