A starting point on a range of conversations online that explore creative experiences and exchange with the UK Sector A starting point for Sustained Theatre website is the location of the virtual website space as a distinct process of engagement with Sector artists as a 'Space for creative connections, conversations and collaborations'.
We provide and insight on key themes and items that have affect on Sector practise and delivery of artists that based in Britain through providing new international experiences that contribute to the British experience of new theatre writing.
'Iran Creatives Online' is the start of a process of engagement with Sector artists. We look to further engage with Sector artists and develop a process that will become a new starting point from whats published online that will assist development of new ideas and creative thoughts on what could achieved by our work on the Sustained Theatre website. Items collated (articles, films, reviews and archives) provide an opportunity towards an item of creative progression that explore the complexity of practise that contribute to both performance narrative and development of a real world experience of creating theatre in its widest sense.
In Turbulent, Neshats 1998 two-screen video installation, two singers (Shoja Azari playing the role of the male and Iranian Vocalist and composer Sussan Deyhim as the female) create a powerful musical metaphor for the complexity of gender roles and cultural power within the framework of ancient Persian music and poetry.
Shirin Neshat's first feature film Women without Men award Silver Lion at 66th (2009) Venice Film Festival in Italy. Women without Men chronicles the lives of four women from different walks of life against the backdrop of Irans foreign-backed CIA coup in 1953.
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So where do you think it start from Majnoun?. A creative process has to start some where. That first posting you see is an experience of whats been developed by an individual with a creative experience to share with the world. As you see we have added more content, and more content in the future.
Sustained Theatre is the right space for development of undertstanding of what drivers inform the process of creativity, especially in relation to narrative culture. We as the Sector have a responsability to share that experience,not hide away just because it is not the flavour of the month or its a political view that is seen as non representative of key creative work from culture.The video is not out of context - if theres anyone to express that view too you should talk to the artist who created it in the first place or even talk to 'You Tube' and the millions of people who visit their site who look at what they want.
Given all, you must other experience to deliver that are from your perspective, so provide us with that experience for us to engage with online. At the end of the day, thats what Sustained Theatre website is all about ' 'Space for creative connections, conversations and collaborations'.
Hope to hear from you soon Manjoun. ciao.
majnoun
I'm sorry, but this is not a great start. This site is supposed to represent theatre and art and portraying Iran in this rather stereotypical way is exactly the sort of thing that Sustained theatre shouldn't be about. The Green movement in Iran, the opposition to the present government, is based on the desire of individuals to express their individual artistic, everyday desires. The whole point of the movement is to get away from ideologically based political stuff, and this video, whilst representative of a very particular expression of feelings about what's happened in the recent months, is out of context here. It serves to protray Iran as the land of victims, with baddies in power, injustice, perfect fodder for a certain kind of old-fashioned-politically-based point of view which sees art and performance merely as an expression of social problems. whatever happened to the old adage that life imitates art? Wouldn't it have been more interesting to have started with art? After all, Iran has been prolific in producing really interesting artists in Visual Arts, Film, music and performance, both inside and outside the country. Yes, not a great start I'm afraid.
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