Exhibition Opening: Maryam Tafakory: I want to tell you what I can’t

Join us for the opening of our exhibition on Thursday, 27th April from 6-8pm, with a conversation between exhibiting artist Maryam Tafakory and Zara Joan Miller at 7pm.

NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are sorry to inform you that the talk as part of the opening will be postponed. The exhibition opening will go ahead as scheduled on Thu 27 April, from 6-8pm.

Maryam Tafakory: I want to tell you what I can’t is the first UK exhibition by Iranian artist and filmmaker Maryam Tafakory. The exhibition presents the artist’s moving image works Nazarbazi (the play of glances) نظربازی and Irani Bag ایرانی کیف, alongside fragments of more recent work.

Nazarbazi (the play of glances) (2022) is a film about love and desire in Iranian cinema, where depictions of intimacy and touch between women and men are prohibited.

Irani Bag (2021) is a split-screen video essay that deconstructs the depiction of a seemingly innocent object—the handbag—in order to propose a textual and political analysis of censorship and intimacy in post-revolution Iran. Irani Bag invites the spectator to reconsider the relationship between sight and touch.

Nazarbazi (the play of glances) نظربازی  is commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella as part of BEYOND. Irani Bag ایرانی کیف  is commissioned by the Asian Film Archive.

 

Captions for Nazarbazi (the play of glances) نظربازی courtesy of FVU

Captions for  Irani Bag ایرانی‭ ‬کیف courtesy of LUX Moving Image

 

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Auditory/Visual Access: We have hearing loops, a large print guide and magnifying glasses available in the space.

Sensory Access: Please note that the exhibition space is very dark, and the sound/noise volume is adjusted to a higher level. Let us know in advance if you require the room to be brighter or lower volume environment.

Content Note: Nazarbazi نظربازی contains depictions of body injury.

You can find general access information here

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