This past Sunday Bidoun screened a special hour-long montage for BLVCK AMERICA’S inaugural BLVCK EYE film night at the Ace Hotel in New York. Responding to popular demand, we’ve uploaded it for all to see along with some photos of the screening.
The montage is comprised of shorts and clips from materials which in some manner depict a relationship between Iran and the rest of the world: Farsi in American films, English in Iranian films, French directors commissioned to make films in Iran — even Princess Soraya Bakhtiari’s acting debut in a throwaway Antonioni film.
Click here to see a guide to source films.
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Seven Cities
1971, 15 min
The Rook
1974, 10 min
Malek Khorshid
1975, 16 min
Zal and Simorgh
1977, 24 min
Coalition
2004, 11 min
Four rare animations have been added to Malek Khorshid on BubuWeb. Ali Akbar Sadeghi (b. 1937) is an Iranian painter, animator and illustrator. A founding member of Kanoon, Sadeghi is most famous for his mixture of traditional miniature style with the surreal.
Special thanks to Arash Sadeghi!
Watch Ali Akbar Sadeghi animations on UbuWeb
March 15, 2008
March 15-31, 2008
At the Creek Art Fair, Bastakiya, Dubai
At the CAF, Bidoun Projects presented a seminal film by Istanbul-based artist Emre Hüner, comprised of exquisitely drawn and animated landscapes that form fantastical future-retro worlds.
