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April 2 - April 20, 2008

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Theory of Survival
Theory of Survival is a 2008 residency with Taraneh Hemami that invites a cross generation of Iranian and Iranian-American artists to engage with the large, local archive of posters, publications, and documents belonging to the Iranian Students Association of Northern California, active from 1964-1982. This project turns the gallery space into an evolving laboratory for exchange and collaboration, exploring the local history of Iranian immigrants through this unique collection that includes numerous publications, theoretical discourse, original essays, translations, as well as newspapers and documents that reflect both Iranian as well as local history throughout these politically critical years. At the end of the residency the collection will be processed for partial contribution to the Library of Congress and the Hamid & Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies Center at Stanford. Theory of Survival is a continuation of Hemami's CrossConnections project that engages the Iranian and Iranian-American diaspora community in an intergenerational, creative dialogue about issues of cultural identity, preservation, and representation.