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PROJECTS -- > Iran is Alive - Multi-media installation - Ryerson New Media Gallery - 2008
Produced by Davoud Geramifard & Estelle Hébert
Form: Installation (video, audio, live performance)
Material: 4 projectors, 5 computers, 1 camera/censor, 1 sound system
Construction material: plywood, fabric, copper tubes, thin wire, duck tape, pins
Other: Live Performer - Iranian dancer
Description:
An artist statement greets the audience, encouraging them to ask questions related to Iran, aloud, to the live performer, located at the centre of the Iran floor map made of plywood. Fabric—thin enough to see the performer’s movements, and thick enough to serve as a screen for videos projected from different angles—is suspended from the ceiling grids directly above the floor map, hanging down to the floor. The live performer begins to dance in response to the audience’s questions, moving to different areas of the map, which are be censored. The censored areas are divided into three sections, each associated with 1 projector. Depending on the performer’s movements, video clips (with audio) are projected randomly in a non-linear fashion. Each projection area is associated with a specific theme/category of images concerning Iran: war images, revolution images, and “media that matters” images. When the audience asks no question, the soundtrack of a heartbeat accompanies visuals of Iranian individuals. See video & map below.
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NEW PROJECT - PASSING LINES (2009)
Passing Lines--an audio-based documentary--explores the tensions and difficulties that exist between the rigid structures enforced by Immigration and those traveling individuals who have made their refugee claim based on their sexual identity. Combining soundscapes and testimonies obtained from outside the judicial system, Passing Lines tells the story of three different queer refugees' journey to Canada, exploring new grounds by emphasizing sound as traveling speech, testimony, and story within a society where visuality continues to be privileged.e from their home country.