Tehran Avenue Latest Articles Channel http://www.tehranavenue.com/ 2013-05-22T02:18:30Z Asked the reporter: "Mr. Godard, do your films have a beginning, a middle and an end at all?" "Yes, they do," answered Godard after a few seconds, "but not necessarily in that order." If you want a photograph from the collection Ramblings of a Flâneur, like "The Mosque Under Construction" for example, you can be sure that it will always remain in the under-construction state. This has nothing to do with the freezing of time in photography or to [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1008 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1008 2011-05-30 This is a review of Ramblings of a Flâneur, an exhibit of Polaroid or Polaroidisoid photographs by artist Arash Fayez, held at Silkroad Art Gallery from 28th May to 23 June 2011. Let's start with the word flâneur, which {Arash Fayez} uses conceptually to pull together individual works of his latest collection. It has acquired a rich European tradition since Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) brought to it his own spin. To the Parisian poet, a flâneur was a free agent who roamed around the city [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1007 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1007 2011-05-28 The summer heat in Tehran is not a novelty. Every year in this season we have to "sweat it," but we do so only when it comes around, making ample use of the nag medicine to alleviate its symptoms, which come in different colors -- sniffing out the culprit, rapping the accused, offering solutions to the crisis, comparing our city with that of advanced nations and the way they deal with such crisis, becoming judgmental and rude to those around us, and other some such essences and preserv [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1002 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1002 2010-08-08 Inside the subway car there is not an inch to move. I try to make my way to the end of the car. When someone enters a tight space, one must be mindful of his pocket. I am holding my briefcase with one hand and the other hand is on my pocket. It feels less crowded now: "Excuse me… I am terribly sorry…. Sir, can you move a tad bit?…. Can I get through?" I reach the end of the car. The man in glasses is following me closely. He also reaches the end of the car. He is wearing a loo [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1003 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1003 2010-08-08 I saw A Minute of Silence immediately after seeing Waiting Like Electra, an adaptation of Sophocles’ play, during which I would restlessly refer to my watch, unable to come to terms with the presence of two young women who moved around to take photographs, as if the Hall was the grandest in the world, and the play one of the most important productions in theater history. In vain did I try to find the meaning and intention behind the work; so, when already agitated and impatient I walked into t [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1004 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1004 2010-08-08 Once in a while, if you are lucky, you come across a play that distills the experience of a nation at a significant moment in time. A Moment of Silence by {Mohammad Yaghoubee} is such a play, except it has achieved this distinction twice. Remounted eight years after its premiere in 2001, the production at MOLAVI Hall was expertly directed by {Ida Keikhaee} resulting in moving and intelligent work by the entire cast. The minimal and elegant set designed by {Saeed Hasanloo} fully supported the tex [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1005 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1005 2010-08-08 In a country where, on the one hand, official musical products have a tiny share of the market and its major share is occupied by products that have been illegally legalized [1] or are legally illegal [2] and, on the other hand, organizing concerts is more complicated than launching a space shuttle [3], and also where whatever happens does so by and large in Tehran and limited to only the artistic community, are there any reasons for musicians to look positively on their métier and their career [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1006 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1006 2010-08-08 We city people are a species unto ourselves. We fill our lives with flashes of color to cover up gray patches accumulating in our souls. We create noise and loud sounds to make up for the deafening hum in our heads. Our lives are full of clichés that we try to escape, never knowing if we succeed or not, never knowing if we are happy or not. We rush, rush, rush, like Alice's rabbit indeed, tending to our very important affairs, always late for something, always too busy to ca [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1001 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=1001 2010-08-08 The following by composer Kiawasch Sahebnasaq will appear on the liner notes of Not Like That!! TehranAvenue is using it courtesy of the author and Ava Khorshid label. Bringing together ingredients of the modal music of Iran, rock, electronica and the rhythms of ethno and pop in ways that a consistent structure is arrived at has been the preoccupation of plenty of musicians since time immemorial and it will remain so in the future. As far as I remember, this preoccupation has been with {Ra [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=999 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=999 2010-06-29 The BEHNA Ensemble is releasing Not Like That under AVA KHORSHID label in the summer of 2010. The ensemble comprises seasoned musicians like {Kasra Ebrahimi} on drums, {Behrang Baqaii} on tar, {Mahan Mirarab} on guitar, {Purang Purshirazi} on double bass, who were the original members in 2006, when the ensemble was formed, joined a year later by newer members {Alireza Rahiminezhad} on keyboard, Sina Khoshkehbijari on percussions and {Babak Riahipour} on bass. The godfather of the ensemble is [...] http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=998 http://www.tehranavenue.com/article.php?id=998 2010-06-29