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."
"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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