Artist Talk: and the sleeper shall see what he has dreamed

Saturday, May 23, 6-7 pm.

Location: SNAP Gallery and Printshop, 10572 115 St. NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 3K6

Accessibility info: https://snapartists.com/accessibility-at-snap/

Join Exhibiting Artist Moozhan Ahmadzadegan for an artist talk in conjunction with his exhibition, and the sleeper shall see what he has dreamed.

In his exhibition, and the sleeper shall see what he has dreamed, he examines traditional Iranian art such as Persian miniatures, patterns, rugs, architecture, and poetry, and reimagines them through a queer lens. Drawing from his subjectivity as a queer person of the Iranian diaspora, Moozhan inquires into ways visual art can symbolically carve out space for queer narratives within historically heteronormative frameworks. By queering traditional Persian visuals and narratives, he reinterprets, reimagines, and reconfigures these elements to create new meanings and assert the long history of queer and gender diverse identities. He does this by referencing historical objects as an allegory for the history of queerness through literal and symbolic gestures. Persian Carpets are reimagined through the interplay of materials; their placement and scale disrupted, contradicting their original intentions. Persian Miniatures are recreated with contemporary methods, reflecting long traditions of story telling and illustration. These new objects look back on old traditions and carry them into the future. They offer the potential for new narratives and hopeful futures.

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