Spring Cleaning

http://www.mediamatic.net/id/28814 2010-12-22T15:11:47+01:00 Spring Cleaning Iranian style

"I realize that slowly I have become the representative of my country to all my friends in the Netherlands. Therefore I invited a group of 11 artists to join my project, most of them are none Iranians and all Gastarbeiders except for one… I asked them to find out how they could relate to Iran, Iranian culture and art ?" The title ‘Spring Cleaning’ referred to the Persian tradition of preparations for the New Year, the start of the spring.

<h2>The programme</h2> <h3>Wednesday 12.03.2008:</h3> 16:00 - 17:30, Short Film screenings (see <a href="#film">film programme</a>) 17:30 - 18:00, Sight, video by Chantur Chandar 18:00 - 19:00, Positions In History by Chantur Chandar <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/34575/en/sahand-sahebdivani-telling-persian-tales"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/601/34575-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="sahand sahebdivani telling persian tales" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - sahand sahebdivani telling persian tales - Mediamatic.net" href="/34575/en/sahand-sahebdivani-telling-persian-tales">sahand sahebdivani telling persian tales</a> <h3>Thursday 13.03.2008</h3> 16:00 - 20:00, Iranian Dance & ‘Raghs’ by Hadas Itzkovitch & Nazanin Asgarian with the advise of Shila Foroudi During this afternoon, the conclusions of a research about Persian dance in a form of live happening were presented. The visitors were directed to pose in front of the camera a selection of movements with the assistance of storytelling, tools and costumes designed especially for the event. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/34579/en/the-audience"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/053/34579-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="The Audience" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - The Audience - Mediamatic.net" href="/34579/en/the-audience">The Audience</a> <h3>Friday 14.03.2008:</h3> 16:00 - 17:30, Short Film Screenings (see <a href="#film">film program</a>) 17:30 - 18:30, Tales by Sahand Sahebdivani 18:30 - 20:00, Soul Update Report/ Volume I. Concert by ‘Strada’: Milan Gataric, Ana Mihajlovic, Stanislav Mitrovic, Igor Balac feat Sahand Sahebdivani <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/34577/en/otobong-nkanga"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/532/34577-300-400.jpg" height="400" width="300" alt="" title="otobong nkanga" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - otobong nkanga - Mediamatic.net" href="/34577/en/otobong-nkanga">otobong nkanga</a> <h3>Saturday 15.03.2008:</h3> 16:00 - 16:30, Solo Tar Performance by Sahand Sahebdivani 16:30 - 18:00, 100 Years Of Modern Persian Poetry by Nafiss Nia 18:00 - 20:00, Iranian Dance & ‘Raghs’ by performer and video artist Hadas Itzkovitch & fashion designer Nazanin Asgarian with the advise of Shila Foroudi Like Thursday, conclusions of a research about Persian dance in a form of live happening were presented. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/34580/en/mareen-scholl"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/048/34580-300-400.jpg" height="400" width="300" alt="" title="mareen scholl" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - mareen scholl - Mediamatic.net" href="/34580/en/mareen-scholl">mareen scholl</a> <h3>Sunday 16.03.2008:</h3> 16:00 - 18:00, Short Film screenings (see <a href="#film">film program</a>) 18:00 - 20:00, Soul Update Report/ Volume II. Concert by ‘Strada’: Milan Gataric, Ana Mihajlovic, Stanislav Mitrovic, Igor Balac feat Sahand Sahebdivani, Otobong Nkanga & Nafiss Nia Ongoing: a photo exhibition by Omid Pourhashemi Art directed by: Joost Hecker <h3>Tuesday 18.03.2008</h3> From 20:00, 'Wednesday Fire Party' , outside. This is the Gastarbeider Closing Party, all the participating artists will be present. <a name="film"></a> FILM PROGRAM: Sara Rajaei made a selection of freshly made (> 2005) short films by young Iranian filmers, most of them living in Iran <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/34581/en/haft-sin"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/088/34581-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="haft sin" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - haft sin - Mediamatic.net" href="/34581/en/haft-sin">haft sin</a> <h3>*12.03.08, 16:00 - 17:30</h3> - The Father/ Hadi Afarideh - A Tombstone For Ardeshir/ Reza Bahrami Nezhad - Still Life/ Omid Pourhashemi - The Blue Diamond/ Kourosh Farzanegan - Ctrl+ Alt+ Del/ Abtin Mozaffari <h3>*14.03.08, 16:00 - 17:30</h3> - City Lights/ Ida Panahande - The Morning Ceremoney/ Hadi Afarideh - Parhoode/ Rozet Ghaderi - Those Hands/ Ida Panahande <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/34582/en/sahand-sahebdivani-playing-tar"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/846/34582-300-400.jpg" height="400" width="300" alt="" title="sahand sahebdivani playing tar" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - sahand sahebdivani playing tar - Mediamatic.net" href="/34582/en/sahand-sahebdivani-playing-tar">sahand sahebdivani playing tar</a> <h3>*16.03.08, 16:00 - 18:00</h3> - Being A Child/ Fereshte Hali - Flying Misters/ Reza Bahrami Nezhad - Parhoode/ Rozet Ghaderi, Short film - Those Hands/ Ida Panahande, Short film Sara Rajaei http://www.mediamatic.net/id/27122 4.90982 52.3758 ARTEFACT event exhibition 1