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Report by
Ahmad Nadalian, RiverArt, March 2009
Last month (March 2009) an environmental art festival was held
in the western part of Persian Gulf. The
festival has been held during Noruz holidays (Iranian New Year) in
in
Genaveh. One goal
is to promote environmental art and education.
Participants at the Festival made works using beach
sand and rocks.
Work by Ahmadianfar
Work by Nourabadi
Collabrative work by
Mahmoud Maktabi and Tara Godarzi
Work by Azri
Work by Mahmoud Maktabi
Collaborative work by
Hesam and Mahmoud
During the
festival
I made
presented my recent cylinder seal swhich show birds, fish
and futus. I printed these
cylinder seals along the beach.
During the
fistival we
organized a workshop and realized a collection of goddess. In this collaborative
project, we use nanotechnology and made sand sculptors more solid.
According to many
scientists, Nanotechnology is the
science and technology of very small things. It is an exciting area of science
and engineering that occurs at the atomic and molecular level.
There are many different views of precisely
what is included in
nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology is
being applied to a wide variety of fields, including electronics, optics,
information technology, materials, homeland security, and medicine.
However here
we use this new science in the field of art. We were very exited to see
combination of old myths, belief and new science.
ANAHITA or (NAHID) is the name of goddess of
fertility. In ancient Persia it was believed that She is the source of all
waters, upon the earth, fertility, purifying, the seed of all males. During the
Islamic period Sufis mostly showed interest in the female beloved. In Sufi
poetry, which is a highly technical language of love, woman is a symbol of
Divine realities. The beauty of the beautiful face is a mirror in which we can
observe the beauty of the Divine. However in recent decades feminism is an
important issue. The reflection of this global movement can be seen in
contemporary art.
I hide these goddess
is some location related to the belief on goddess of fertility. One of the
location was the temple of Anahita (Goddess of Water) in Bishapour.
I hide some goddess
in Bishpour cave.
A historic site from Achamenide
time (550 BC) known as Grave of Girl
I also hided a
goddess near this grave
A model of
Girl Grave made by local people
This is a natural rock near this
historic site. Local people believe that it shows a goddess. They also believe
that water flow from her navel. She is source of water and life. I was very
excited to discover these.
Because I represented this belief
in my previous works.
I carved this goddess in
Italy near Florence
During the festival we met kind
people and enjoyed local music.
I cut this advertise of festival
and dedicated to artist as a memory of festival.
Participating artists
More
Photos
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