WHAT: Screening, Pearls on
the Ocean Floor. Work in progress. 30 min.
WHEN: Sunday, November 15, 2009,
3:00 PM
WHERE: Downtown Independent Cinema.
251 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Leila
Pazooki being interviewed by Robert Adanto, the director
Los Angeles, CA - Morono Kiang Gallery
presents a special preview screening of Pearls on the Ocean Floor, a new
documentary (in progress) by Robert Adanto, about the lives and work of
contemporary Iranian women artists around the world. The segment being presented
includes interviews with Afshan Ketabchi, Sara Rahbar, Leila Pazooki, Parastou
Forouhar, Shirin Neshat, Negar Ahkami and Pooneh Maghazehe. The director will be
present for question & answer after the film. This program is presented in
tandem with the current exhibition Traces of Being: Iran in the Passage of
Memories.
Shirin Neshat being interviewed by Robert Adanto
The screening will start at 3 pm on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Downtown
Independent Cinema, just over a block away from the gallery, followed by a
reception at Morono Kiang Gallery.
About Pearls on the Ocean Floor:
"Facing issues of identity, gender, and social restrictions, the female artists
in Pearls on the Ocean Floor speak with a compelling quiet reserve and a
striking boldness. Their work reveals encounters between religion and secular
modernity, change and tradition, contemporary life and history. These brave
women seem to know now more than ever that their voice must be heard and their
people understood. Through their words and their art, the real Iran will be
discovered and this important historical moment will be documented."
Robert Adanto is an independent documentary filmmaker. His debut feature-length
documentary, The Rising Tide, premiered at the United Kingdom's China
Now! Festival and has been screening throughout U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and
Australia.
Admission is free. RSVP is required.
To RSVP please email
info@moronokiang.com with "Pearls" in the subject line. Please include your
name and phone number and indicate the number of guests.
Traces of Being,
Iran in the Passage of Memories is on display through Saturday
November 21, 2009.
Morono Kiang Gallery is located at 218 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013,
in the Bradbury Building, between Spring and Broadway.
For more information, please call
213-628-8208 or visit
www.moronokiang.com.
Downtown
Independent: 213.617.1033
www.downtownindependent.com/
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