Category Archives: Event Production
Film Screening ‘Dingomaro’, Afro-Iranian Music – May 7th 2015
Thursday 7th May 7.30pm we host a free screening and Q&A of Dingomaro (2014, 66mins) with Cine Club DXB. On Iran’s Gulf coast a particular culture has grown from centuries of naval history and nearby trade. African roots in Iran result in remarkable and distinct customs, including styles of Persian-African music and dancing that is … Continue reading
Six Pillars Screening – Sharjah Art Foundation, Nov 1st
“Sound as a Genre and Protagonist” was the title of one of the public programmes on Sound Art at Tashkeel, Dubai in September, focusing on the importance and abuse of sound in film. This was presented by resident artist, Six Pillars producer Fari Bradley who has reviewed cinema on BBC UK national radio film programmes … Continue reading
TEDxTehran
It felt like it was long in the coming and you’d be forgiven for thinking if this might never happen. However TEDxTehran really happened last week. And in 2013. Did you miss 2013, you ask yourself? It was a lot more lowkey on social media., yet the 2013 videos are now online for you to … Continue reading
Six Pillars at Art Dubai 2014
Falgoosh Radio is due to broadcast live from inside the largest art fair in the Middle East. Listen in HERE. Falgoosh Radio returns to Art Dubai 2014 for a second year in a row, with a constant dedicated stream of sound art, experimental music and discussions around the fair. Created and programmed by Six Pillars’s … Continue reading
Announcing: A Six Pillars Exhibition
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Lyrical Easternisms News Report
Enjoy this super World Service radio report on our event this month as part of Shubbak Festival here in London. You can hear snippets of Persian rap, Egyptian British rap and Middle Eastern keys. LISTEN Continue reading
Approached by A Quinn Flotilla
The usual open skyline, dotted with green trees flourishing on tiny islands off the main port of Venice, was suddenly filled with an astounding sight: as if materialised from a dream a large flotilla carrying a huge pair of disembodied hands playing with life-size tanks and toy soldiers appeared alongside us, unexpectedly and momentarily altering … Continue reading
Film Screening Tonight – Pearls on the Ocean Floor
This Torture Why should we tell you our love stories when you spill them together like blood in the dirt? Love is a pearl lost on the ocean floor, …or a fire we can’t see, but how does saying that push us through the top of the head into the light above the head? Love … Continue reading
Pearls on the Ocean Floor Screening March 7th, London
Join us around International Women’s Day for a look at female Iranian artists in the documentary ‘Pearls on the Ocean Floor’ The 77 minute documentary is by American film maker Robert Adanto and features artists such as Shirin Neshat talking frankly about their work, their lives and their relationship with Iran especially through their own … Continue reading