“History and geography are the basis of all the humanities.“ After falling in love with a map of Persia in Harrods, Dr Ala’i spent years researching the cartography of Iran and Persia before publishing two large volumes by Brill, on different maps of Persia from the 1400s to 1925. Dr Ala’i was invited by Iran [...]
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Six Pillars – Persian Maps
Published by February 7th, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 1 Comment
“Ideas worth spreading”. Prior to taking part in TED, David Toop discusses matters around opera, silence and his dog with Fari Bradley. Saturday 6 November 2010 Autumn – Winter TEDx Aldeburgh: Ideas worth spreading – A Conference TEDx allows organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences, hence TEDx Aldeburgh. Hosted by [...]
Six Pillars – Persian Cartography
Published by January 27th, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 1 CommentPrior to a talk arranged by Iran Heritage, the estimable Dr Alai discusses how phonetics, fashion, social hierarchies and myth enter the world Persian cartography. With perhaps the largest personal collection of Persian maps Dr Alai has published two immense volumes on the topic both of which have been included in Brills Handbook list for [...]
Six Pillars – Sufi’s Night
Published by January 15th, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 1 CommentJanuary 22nd 2011 Festival of Arts presents a night of improvised music and experimental Iranian dance: Sufi’s Night Fusing the influences of disciplined dances such as tango and flamenco, Iranian dance takes on an almost Indian Kathak like energy, and the dramatic motions of the two performers Shahrokh Meshkin Ghalam and Karine Gonzales convey all [...]
Six Pillars – The First UK Iranian Film Festival
Published by January 3rd, 2011 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsNovember saw the launch of the London’s first Iranian Film Festival: UKIFF. In late October we met with one of the volunteers, Costas Sarkas, at one of UKIFF’s networking events, to find out what it was all about.
Six Pillars – Britain Retold
Published by January 1st, 2011 in highlights, Promos and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsPhotographer Sara Shamsawari exhibits a selection from her series in City Hall entrance until January 4th. The exhibition is a series of engaging portraits around the symbolism of the union jack with all its connotations. The photos are accompanied by statements and both promote a questioning of our ideas of what it means to be [...]
Six Pillars – Drinking Arak Off An Ayatollah’s Beard
Published by December 17th, 2010 in highlights, Promos and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsVenturing around Iran and Afghanistan with a copy of the Shahnameh tucked under his arm, Nicholas Jubber relates what this pivotal introduction taught him about modern people who still love this medieval text. Jubber explains how The Shahnameh, or Persian Book of Kings, is still very much alive today for many people, even 1000 years [...]
Six Pillars to Persia – A Mystic’s War on Terror….
Published by November 11th, 2010 in highlights, Promos and Six Pillars to Persia. 1 CommentAt the Omar Khayyam Society’s event A Mystic’s War on Terror, Autumn 2010, we caught up with the main Sufi speaker Ammat Un Nur. Read her speech from the night on the above link, a speech that contained the quote by Jimi Hendrix who said, “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, [...]
Six Pillars – Anatomy of a Street and Light Dreams
Published by September 10th, 2010 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Six Pillars to Persia. 0 CommentsBoth previous guests on the show in ’06/7 two artists discuss their latest works and exhibits. Neda Dana-Haeri’s duo show with Virginia Waterhouse is called “Light Dreams” at A&D Gallery, Chiltern Street. Watercolours and abstraction refer to sufism and poetry in Dana-Haeri’s work. We speak on location at the Church Street project detailed below. Bahbak [...]
Pédilüv ep.6 – Comme un dimanche !
Published by May 5th, 2010 in highlights, Promos, Shows and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsUne après-midi à Saint Ouen, c’est bien, c’est audonien, c’est kok-drouhin. Sanne, Julia et un peu Arjan vous raconte des histoires pas racontables. Idéal pour une écoute au chocolat chaud devant le feu de cheminée. Le plus court chemin entre les pieds et les oreilles, c’est Pedilüv