Abstract
'Between the Departure and Arrival‘ is a photographic-poetic meditation on the life of
women in Iran, particularly looking at the acts of covering, uncovering and recovering in the
country‘s feminist history. At the heart of the essay lies the creation of an imaginary space of
self-representation that responds, in poetic photographs and writings, to the legacy of the
Iranian Revolution (1979) on the representation of women in photography, literature and film.
The images and texts move adeptly between the documentary, analytical and personal to
create an accessible and theoretically nuanced visual narrative that rewires history and scholarly
possibility.
Accompanying the written content of historical facts and fictions are Fatehrad‘s own
photographs, as well as selected works from artists such as Shirin Neshat, Gaëtan Gatian de
Clérambault and Alison Watt.
'Between the Departure and Arrival‘ is the result of interdisciplinary research that overlaps
political science, sociology, representation, photography, moving image and architecture.
The project employs various methodologies including fieldwork, interviews, archival research,
creation and curation, to bring together new insights into the history of feminism in Iran.
The notions of archive, visual information, memory and history, and their relation to life today
are reflected on at 'Between the Departure and Arrival‘ paper, and providing outstanding
counter-information that reveals the perception of feminism in post-revolutionary Iran.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |
| Event | Gesture : Writing that Moves Between - Manchester, U.K. Duration: 15 Feb 2019 → 16 Feb 2019 |
Conference
| Conference | Gesture : Writing that Moves Between |
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| Period | 15/02/19 → 16/02/19 |
Keywords
- Art and design