SHIRIN NESHAT: I Know Something About Love
Blog Entry by Adam Roche – in Berlin; Tuesday, March 15, 2011.
Examines the theme of love through the lenses of gender, probably as established and enforced since the 1979 islamic revolution in Iran. In her two- channel video work, Fervor, 2000, Neshat seems not only to highlight the frustration and helplessness of Iranian women in this paridigm, but also to demonstrate how the negative view of love within the revolutionary culture affects the natural human feelings. [view all images…]
