Event
Theory of Survival: FabricationsPost an Event »
Southern Exposure
September 5 - October 25, 2014Info
-
http://soex.org/
-
(415) 863-2141
A Project by Taraneh Hemami
Opening Reception: Friday, September 5, 2014, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Participating Artists: Morehshin Allahyari, Ali Dadgar, Ala Ebtekar, Amir H. Fallah, Arash Fayez, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Sanaz Mazinani, Hushidar Mortezaie, Amitis Motevalli, Haleh Niazmand, Azin Seraj, Taravat Talepasand
Architectural Design by H.Majd Design Group
Fabrications is a pop-up bazaar drawing inspiration from a traditional Persian marketplace. Taraneh Hemami, in this latest iteration of her Theory of Survival project, invites twelve California-based Iranian artists to join her in engaging with Iranian political and cultural historical moments, exploring decades of collective activism and revolutionary actions inside Iran and in its larger diaspora.
As an ongoing project, Theory of Survival responds to current and historic issues evoked by a historical archive belonging to the library of the Iranian Students Association of Northern California, active from 1964 to 1982. Publications and documents from the archive reflect Iranian and Bay Area history during the critical years between the CIA coup and the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution.
Within a labyrinth of niches and patterned archways, the Fabrications bazaar is a site for gathering and exchange: market booths overflow with handmade and manufactured objects; a library boasts a growing collection of publications and archives; and a teahouse becomes a stage for performances, games and storytelling. The artists of Fabrications transform, exalt and comment on the commodification of the graphic imagery of underground protest culture, exploring a web of connections between past and current radical movements across the globe.