Nooshin Farhid, video artist, whose solo show Shallow Water, Deep Skin is now running at East London’s The Agency Gallery discusses her work and process. Over the years Farhid has co-curated a number of exhibitions including “Use this kind of Sky” and has exhibited the world over gathering together a considerable body of work and [...]
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Six Pillars – Shallow Water, Deep Skin
Published by May 19th, 2012 in Six Pillars to Persia. 0 Comments
Ebi is one of Iran’s most foremost pop singers from the 70s, although his music has been banned there for many years. Listening to his unique, warm baritone voice, to his stirring ballads, it’s amazing to think that over 40 years ago Ebi was already a well-established star with fans all over the world. Ebi [...]
Fari Bradley discusses shamanism, ‘beast visions’, social change and social cleansing with prolific artist Marcus Coates. Coates consulted with locals and developers alike to devise a shamanic intervention into the regeneration of Elephant & Castle and its Heygate Estate. Coates’ interactions with the amazing array of characters around the Elephant and Castle culminated in a [...]
An interview with the great electro-Pharaoh West Coast Pioneer. After an hour of his early 80s and 90s releases, we launch into an in-depth interview to discuss the rise of feminism, spirituality of music and the future for Egyptian Empire Records, his own label, reputed to be the first Afro-American record label. Tracks like Freak-a-holic, [...]
Illegal Daze – Patrick Forge by Fari on Mixcloud
Artist Terry Smith who since 1978, has produced major projects for the Tate Modern, the British Museum and galleries the world over, particularly in South America. Known for his signature sculptures cut directly into the plaster of walls, mainly of derelict buildings – some with no public access – Smith is constantly experimenting with medium [...]
Six Pillars – Art & Patronage Summit 2012
Published by March 16th, 2012 in highlights, Promos and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsHighlights from the Art & Patronage Summit, London 2012. The A&P Summit was an invitation-only event for notable patrons, collectors, arts institution leaders, curators, academics, artists, diplomats and other influential players involved in culture of and for the greater Middle East, including Turkey, Iran and North Africa. Capitalising on the region’s current cultural vitality and [...]
Cock an ear to the u:ber cross-genre form that’s been exploding dancefloors over the world with such bravado. Strangely I came across this music form (most commonly incarnate as maximal-electro) while hunting Iranian dance music, so thanks to Ramtin from the group Monosurround and artist/filmmaker Daryus Shokof. Most tracks in this episode explore tensions between [...]
Joined by a group of dynamic women all well versed in the constant debate around gender and society, Fari Bradley discusses the pending take over of London’s Southbank Centre for WOW Festival 2012, marking International Women’s Day. Guests are writer Hannah Pool, best known for her column “The New Black” in The Guardian and co-programmer [...]
Six Pillars – The Colonel
Published by February 15th, 2012 in highlights, Promos and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsAn interview with the director of Haus Publishing, who have translated banned book The Colonel from Farsi to English for print. In its native Iran, where the office of censorship has prohibited publication, The Colonel by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi cannot be read, but now published in German and English, this critical work has been granted a [...]