Six Pillars’ Broadcast – News from Calais

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Six Pillars Broadcast – Painting Shows at Carbon 12 and Jean Paul Najar Foundation Galleries, Dubai

An interview with two galleries at Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai’s art district: the co-director of Carbon 12 Kourosh Noori on ‘Good Face and Incurable Flaws’ open until October 31st 2017 with a painterly duo: Iranian Amir Khojasteh and Austrian Philip Mueller. Humour, power and painterly tradition feature in this fresh pairing of two notable artists. … Continue reading →

Currently Listening to….La Mirza and Rayess Bek

LOVE AND REVENGE – 21.01.17 @ Le Noumatrouff from La Filature on Vimeo. Electro Pop Music and Cinema from the Arab World : an audio visual concert at Noumatrouff – Mulhouse (a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German border)  as part of the festival les Vagamondes organised at the … Continue reading →

This Week’s Six Pillars – Auction Special with Hassan K: Accidental Exile

Past guest and performer for our live events series in London, Hassan K has donated a delicious white vinyl of his latest release Hykayat: l’exil accidentel, signed in the inner sleeve, for the Resonance104.4fm auction which runs until 21st February. To mark this we sample tracks from his new and prior hit albums. Be sure … Continue reading →

This Week’s Six Pillars – Hassan K: Talab

This week we sample the new album and a string of recordings made with electronic experimenter Hassan K. Over the years, we’ve made a few people appear in person after months of solely 2d correspondence online. A diary of deletable messages, perhaps not even a Skype call later and someone was on our doorstep, instruments … Continue reading →

Headpieces For Peace – Jessica Mitrani

Jessica Mitrani, a Colombian-born, New York-based artist creates her inquisitive, almost confrontational works using performance, sculpture, film, and video art. We highlight one of her works here below, drawn by her kooky and visually intriguing manner, alongside the image quality of the film, contrast of colours, the creativity of the costumes and above all, her … Continue reading →

Currently Watching…Pooya Abbasian

…artist and director Pooya Abbasian’s animated music video for ABBY. Produced by Fritzi Nicolaus & Reza Dolatabadi, and edited by Faraz Abbasi, this is an Iran-heavy team based in France, while the band of four musicians are from Germany. Although the video was made public in 2013, the band have kept it on the front … Continue reading →

This Week’s Six Pillars to Persia – Curating MENA Art in Europe

Curators and authors Rose Issa (London) and Michket Krifa (Paris) discuss curating Middle Eastern and North African art in a European context, at a time when institutions, for the first time in France, but since some years already in the UK, are faced with cuts. Rose Issa is director of Rose Issa Projects, a gallery … Continue reading →

A Human Guide to the World

Names, stories, phone numbers and hand-drawn maps. Iranian artist Nabil Sabio Azadi creates this lovely hand-bound book from recycled rabbit fur, Tasmanian oak and steel bolts but it is the content that is really fantastic. Anyone who has been travelling for a year or more will understand what this book is about, and for those … Continue reading →

Look Twice. Here’s Orientalism Back in Your Face

Just when you thought it was so last century, Orientalism is back but with a new face. A savvy, grubby, urban face. Until April 28th the IMA (Institute Du Monde Arabe) hosts a multi-media exhibition on the 1001 Nights. Unlike other shows and productions around the text, this one embraces all the kitsch and clichéd … Continue reading →