SAMIRA ESKANDAFAR: Letter P-PARADISE/ THE OLIVE, Letter Y-YELP/RUGS AND MEN

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Permalink Reply by Joas Sebastian Nebe on November 30, 2010 at 10:53

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CV:
Born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran


EDUCATION 
 
2006 M.A., Art University, Tehran, Iran 
2001 B.A., Imam Khomeini International University, Ghazvin, Iran 


PARTICIPATIONS
2010 "SancionedArray", New York, US
2010 AVIFF Video International Film Festival, La Croisette, Cannes, France
2008 Abbas Kiarostami's workshop (Wind), Karnameh Art & Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2008 Abbas Kiarostami's workshop (Door), Karnameh Art & Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2007 Corida Film Festival, Toulouse, France 
2007 Iraan Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
2007 Tassvir-e Sal (Image of the Year), Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran, Iran
2006 Abbas Kiarostami's workshop (Carpet), Karnameh Art & Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2004 The 6th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran



SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "You make me cry", Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 "Clowns Can't Have Babies", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 "The Massive Calm", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 "Underground", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 "The Dispersion", Maah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 "I, Sheli, Mori & You", Day Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2006 "Other Faces", Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2005 "Family Photos", Day Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 "Something is Gone", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 "My Fair Lady", Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003 "Remains of the Day", Laleh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran 
2003 "Amazement", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran


FILMOGRAPHY
2009 "The Olive"
2008 "Commode"
2007 "Inside a room"
2006 "Miss Shamsi and her Carpet"
2006 "Path"
2006 "A Dowry for Mahrou"
2006 "Rugs & Men"
2006 "Old Landscape"
2005 "Monologue under the white light"
2004 "I'm Vertical"
2003 "Amazement"

SELECTED SCREENINGS
2010 "SanctionedArray", Big Screen Project / White Box, New York, US
2010 "Human Emotion Project", Mohsen Art Gallery / Sazmanab Project, Tehran, Iran
 Curated by Sohrab M. Kashani and Alison Williams 
2010 AVIFF Video International Film Festival, La Croisette, Cannes, France
 Curated by Camilo Racana  
2009 "Limited Access 2", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 Curated by Amirali Ghasemi  
2009 "Inside Teheran Out", Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland
 Curated by Susann Wintch
2007 Corida Film Festival, Toulouse, France 
2007 Iraan Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
2007 Tassvir-e Sal (Image of the Year), Iranian Artists' Forum, Tehran, Iran
 Organized by Seifollah Samadian
2007 "Retracing Territories", Friart Art Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland
2007 "Caravan", Shiraz Art Gallery, Venice, Italy
 Curated by Rosita Sharafjahan 
2007 "Silent Messages", Middle-East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
 Curated by Helia Darabi 
2006 "Analyze While Waiting", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 Curated by Susann Wintch
 Selected for Treibsand DVD Magazine
2006 "Limited Access", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
 Curated by Amirali Ghasemi


COLLECTIONS
Tate Modern 
NBK (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein) Video-Forum

Permalink Reply by Joas Sebastian Nebe on December 11, 2010 at 9:03

RUGS AND MEN, synopsis:

Time is ruthlessly in constant motion and doesn't wait for us not even for a second. Men come, stop for only few moments, taste life and then disappear. But it's these mira men who give the immortality to objects and reminds them of their short presence.
Objects remember us, just like those rugs we once used to walk on them.