Announcing a 2 day conference “Tomorrow, Today: Woman Life Freedom” Wednesday April 19th / Thursday April 20th at the University of the Arts London. Continue reading
A selection of Turkish composer Djanan Tunan’s new release The Maze, coinciding with Baba Zula‘s London show on Nov 22nd. The ‘Istanbul Psychedelia’ of Baba Zula draws from the long tradition of Anatolian rock with disco influences since the 1970s. We’ve played Djanan before on Six Pillars, after seeing her live on a stage on … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again! Is it Spring already? Here in the UK, as with bonfire night on November 5th, Chahar Shanbe Suri highlights how much European fire laws have caused an increasing fear and prohibition of public bonfires at least in the cities. However one year for Chahar Shanbe Suri there was a … Continue reading
Today’s show features three sonic art pieces: by Siavash Akhlaghi, Bescolour and the longest- a live recording from the V&A Museum entrance hall by the Resonance Radio Orchestra- composed by Fari Bradley. Singer Parvin Cox was up on the second floor balcony while the ensemble and singer Mansour Gorjian were down below. Words: Amir Khosrau, … Continue reading
Here’s the news piece about our recent event at the National Portrait Gallery. Sadly I don’t have anyone helping out, so I didn’t have time to give them a comment, but Dr Rezakhani is very adept at speaking, so he did it instead. If you’re reading this and you’d like to help out for the … Continue reading
March 23rd we celebrate Persian New Year with a free event at the National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2H OHE. Persian New Year happens at the Spring Equinox, the start of Spring (when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is runs parallel to the Sun and day and night are equal lengths). There will … Continue reading
Omid Salehi “My Car is My Love” series Highlights of a conversation between writer Malu Halasa with curator Rose Issa at the National Portrait Gallery December 2011. “Documentary portrayals of reality can threaten the preferred narratives of authoritarian religious regimes […] and can also thwart Western misconceptions.” From the pamphlet by Malu Halasa Alternative Histories … Continue reading
It’s easy to stay up to date with Six Pillars, we’ve an address bar on our front page allowing you to receive emails whenever the site’s updated (usually once a week), plus you can use your podcatcher – whether it’s Itunes, Yahoo or any of the standard RSS feed catchers, to receive updates on the … Continue reading
From the 17th -27th November we celebrate the 7th LKFF here in London. Since our in-depth interview with film director Bahman Gobadi we’ve been intrigued to hear more from this sector of the ‘Iranian peoples’. The Kurds are a nation without a state, probably the largest stateless people in the world: over 30 uprooted million … Continue reading
This month Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai shows ‘Obscure Stream of Life, But I’m Still Having My Afternoon Cuppa’ by Iranian artist Bita Fayyazi, with whom we speak, for this week’s Six Pillars to Persia. Comparing Fayyazi’s decisively instinctive modus operandi and her tumultuous underlying concerns to the stream-of-consciousness writing of that towering figure … Continue reading
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