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Forest without leaves
Abbas Kiarostami installation at Victoria & Albert
Museum
Photos by Nima Mina
May 2, 2005
iranian.com
Abbas Kiarostami has transformed one
of the Victoria & Albert Museum galleries into a "three
dimensional forest of trees, made up of huge hollow tubes completely
covered by life size photographs of bark." [Video
clip]
"The installation is part of long term investigation
by Kiarostami into the way we see our surroundings. He believes
that we have become accustomed to only look at the detail in nature
once it has been framed and placed in a museum environment. Through
this installation he persuades the viewer to take a closer look
at the world around them," according to the exhibit introduction.
Also see photos of panel
discussion with Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (University of Marlyland,
Center for Persian Studies) and Geoff andrew (Geoff Andrew, Senior
Film Editor for Time Out London and Programmer for the
National Film Theatre).
The exhibition will end June 5th, 2005. Admission
is free. Organised by Iran
Heritage Foundation, and the Victoria
and Albert Museum.
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