Iran: tough fist, precise clique
Far away from the conflictual political context, the photograhy exhibit Pulso Iraniano reveals an unknown and surprisingly Iran. Until the 30th October at Oi Futuro Flamengo.
Despite the immense distance, either physical or cultural, that separates Rio from Teheran, the capital of Iran, the exhibit Pulso Iraniano (Iranian Pulse) reveals an unknown side to the Iranian republic, nonetheless, still incredibly magic and surprising. Gathering inedit images and videos of contemporary artists, the exhibit, which debut on the 13/09, will have its doors open until the 20/10 at Oi Futuro Flamengo. Detail: free entry for Ctrl+Alt+Rio followers. (laughs)
Located at a strategic part of the Middle East, with control over several valuable oil reserves, Iran has the image and the complicated "posture" internationally. Independently from the ultraconservative Mahmud Ahmadinejad and the famous "exis of evil," that's not the Iranian picture we are after (at least for now). Even though it's hard to escape from the influence or the conflictual context, our focus is basically at the cultural scene, to read between the lines: in pictures, never revelead before.
Signed by Marc Pottier, the exhibit Pulso Iraniano, brings pictures and unique videos of contemporary artists, with the objective of showing the strength of new works created not only in Iran, but as well as, places where artists look for refugee, leaving behind a very intense political environment. The projects are divided by theme: Poetry, Spirit of Celebration, Women, War and Traditions.
“The iranian people are the spiritual brother of the Brazilian people. Beyond working hard against all adversities, they also celebrate, like to dance and sing", explains Marc Pottier.
The contemporary art scene is carefully being traced, fearless. The worry is only with the visitor, that obviously is unaware of the country being visited. To ease that comprehension and also to learn a little bit of the rich culture of the Persian People, the movie: Iran revealed, it´s a very good sugestion. In fact, the audience can consider the movie an introduction to the pictures of Bahman Jalali, one of the most important photographers of the country, lived in Tearan and died in January 2010.
Besides the black and white pictures of the photo jornalist Abbas, from the Iran Diary, the spotlight is definitely Poetry, a artist manifestation very common in the iranian culture, and for that reason is even presented in a specific room. "The poetry is so present in the daily life of Iran, that you can even hear it during street manifestation in the middle of yells, complaints and government critics" reveals Pottier, that side by side with the movie director Seifollah Samadian, the poet Sanam Emami, beyond artists Shadi Ghadirian and Amirali Ghasemi, supports more than 80 artists, between25 and 40 years old.
Several poetries are hanged on the wall, picturing the themes of the exhibit. In the end, the guests also receive a souvenir, a copy of one of the poems of the artist Hafez (Century XIV), whose work Divan is a success in sales, as big as, the Quran, in Iran. The dive into the iranian culture is on the surface, but very deep. To those willing to break the existing barrier between prejudices, will understand that there is a lot of similarities between the two people (the spiritual brother, as defined by Marc Pottier.) After fancy the exhibit Punho Iraniano, please tell us a little about the Iran that you discovered. Ctrl+Alt+Teheran!
Pulso Iraniano (service)
until the 30th de october
Oi Futuro Flamengo (Street: Dois de Dezembro, 63)
from tuesday to sundays, from 11h to 20h
Free entry
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