Nasim Nasr: Impulse
MARS Gallery is pleased to announce Nasim Nasr鈥檚 debut exhibition Impulse which brings together a new series of photographs, tear-pot installation, sound art and video work. Alongside never-before-seen photographic images, a contemporary interpretation of ashkdan, glass 鈥渢ear-pots鈥� originally made by the women of the Gajar dynasty in the 17th and 18th centuries in Iran will be presented in the main gallery space.
Ashkdan are the best-known examples of an Iranian glassware tradition and have a distinct tear-shaped opening at the top which flows into a thin curvilinear neck, before expanding into a larger round body at the base. As 鈥渃ontainers for tears鈥� they were created to collect the sorrow, emotions and love during the separations from their family members who were absent, of isolation and being alone, especially at the time of war.
A new sound work created in collaboration with French composer Loane Coste, will continue to address the measure of emotion and love at the time of separation from loved ones. The complex notions of cultural identifies through fluid gesture and contemporary dance inform an ongoing body of video work that will be exhibited in the downstairs video space.
MARS Gallery is pleased to announce Nasim Nasr鈥檚 debut exhibition Impulse which brings together a new series of photographs, tear-pot installation, sound art and video work. Alongside never-before-seen photographic images, a contemporary interpretation of ashkdan, glass 鈥渢ear-pots鈥� originally made by the women of the Gajar dynasty in the 17th and 18th centuries in Iran will be presented in the main gallery space.
Ashkdan are the best-known examples of an Iranian glassware tradition and have a distinct tear-shaped opening at the top which flows into a thin curvilinear neck, before expanding into a larger round body at the base. As 鈥渃ontainers for tears鈥� they were created to collect the sorrow, emotions and love during the separations from their family members who were absent, of isolation and being alone, especially at the time of war.
A new sound work created in collaboration with French composer Loane Coste, will continue to address the measure of emotion and love at the time of separation from loved ones. The complex notions of cultural identifies through fluid gesture and contemporary dance inform an ongoing body of video work that will be exhibited in the downstairs video space.
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