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Sholeh Asgary in UnTerminal

Collage of Eyes and Graveyards and women playing piano.

Collage of Eyes and Graveyards and women playing piano.

A performance, informed in part by Iranian Shia mourning rituals and in part by contemporary politics of protest, includes chants and poetry, theoretical recitations, intonations, laments, electro-acoustic improvisations, expanded cinema, interdimensional contact, finger dancing, black light graffiti art, and textural invocations. This iteration of the mourning is dedicated to Palestine.

Performance by the Ad Hoc Collective for Improvising Mourning Technologies for Future Griefs. Members: Sholeh Asgary, Abou Farman, Leonor Caraballo, Shelby Coley, Danielle Gauthier, and Saphe Shamoun.

Bios:
Sholeh Asgary, an Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist who works with sound. Abou Farman, an Iranian-born artist and anthropologist. Leonor Caraballo, an Argentine-born artist who left her earthly body in 2015 but who continues to collaborate with many living artists. Hossein Sharang, an Iranian-born Montreal-based poet and the founder and president of the Wild Republic of Sharangestan, a republic of words. Shelby Coley, a queer black filmmaker of everyday revolutions. Danielle Gauthier a poet and multidimensional spirit working on healing and trauma.

https://www.realtimeandspace.org/unterminal-mourning-songs-beyond-the-end/

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