KATAYOON FOROUHESH 2019
CONSTRUCTION 2019, Video series, A) 3:15 min B) 3:19 min
CONSTRUCTION During my residency at Belgrade Art Studio Residency, there was protests every Saturday in the street against Vucic the president of Serbia to force him to resign. At the same time at the TRG republic square, there was a reconstruction plan. The opposition leader were so critical towards the corruption in the reconstruction. I did two performances, first by walking with a ball around the circumference of the square and meanwhile I was walking with the ball the ball went throught the fences and entered the prohibited area. and the second one was an effort to walk with a stone.
A) 3:15 min
B) 3:18 min
The art work is to explore the socially constructed reality of images we are surrounded with. In this video I tried to work with war and news media archive footage, exploring the invasive nature of these images in the age of social media and big data. These barrage of images in different forms and places, from the screens of cell phones and laptops to large advertisement billboards in streets, render us, as citizens and thinking subjects, numb and senseless. While in the age of Trump and fake PROJECT ONE news these questions has found new immediacy, in 2018, video, 2 minute essence they are the logical consequence of post https://vimeo.com/manage/277718572/general 9/11 “war on terror� frameworks.
Untouched Series 2013, Digital print, 30 x 40 cm
‘Untouched’ is a series of scan photography which explore the traces of unpredictable contacts that I in public places. This project has been performed with a rolling scanner, in order to recreate the similar sense of touch. Applying the scanner on one surface for documenting the traces of touches of two body which reminds me of this intimate, undesired and sometimes shocking contacts with unknown and random persons.
KATAYOON FOROUHESH
7 Eddison Court, 253 Sussex Way, London, UK +44 7869509741 https://vimeo.com/112197539 https://www.katayoonforouhesh.co.uk/ http://nimkatmedia.co.uk/
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 2010, M.A. Graphic Moving Image, University of the Arts London, London 2008, B.A. Print Media, University of Art, Tehran, Iran
EXHIBITION 2015, TIAF 2015, Ragfactory, London, October 2015, Spirit of Nowruz, London, March to May 2014, Runner up best international in View From Here competition, London, October 2014, ‘Reza Aramesh: 12 Midnight’(Design) published by Damiani, New York and Dubai (ISBN 978-88-6208-313-3) http://www.damianieditore.com/en-US/product/431 2011, Group Exhibition & Film Screening, Ragfactory, London, January 2010, MA final Show Exhibition, London College of Communication, November 2010, Photo slide show screening, SOAS, London, October 2009, Selected Photographer, 11th Iran National Photo Biennial, Tehran, Iran, February Published in Akkassee Khalagh magazine, Herfe Honarmand, http://kiarang.akkasee.com/15404 2007, Tehran Avenue One Shot Film competition, Mehrva Gallery, June
HONOR AND AWARDS 2015, Nominee of BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER, Cologne, September 2014, Runner up, Best international in ‘View From Here competition’, London, October 2012, Graphic Design Grant, Magic Of Persia, London, January Commission of exhibition catalogue by Katayoon Forouhesh Tehrani for Magical Nights in Dubai http://www.magicofpersia.com/index.php?rel=program_details&id=17
RESIDENCY 2019, BAS Art Residency, Belgrade, April 2016, FluxFactory(nominated), New York, March 2016, The League Residency at Vyt(nominated), New York, February
FESTIVAL 2014, Thousand and one drops, London, Illustrator and motion graphic artist https://vimeo.com/100006987 Nominee best animated short film, Orlando Film Festival, Molodist film festival, East End Film Festival , Selected in Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, FMCEX, Shorts Mexico, Filmets Badalona Film Festival
2011, The man with Stolen Heart, London, Background animator http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959571/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Giffoni Film Festival, New York International Film Festival, Cambridge International Film Festival Marbella International Film Festival,Vancouver international film festival, Raindance Film Festival Encounters International Film Festival, Bradford Animation Film Festival
About Me
I am a multidisciplinary artist working primarily with photography and video. Originally from Iran and currently based in the London, United kingdom. I obtained my B.A. in Print Media at the University of Art in Tehran, Iran, and continued my studies by pursuing my M.A. in Graphic Moving Image at the University of the Arts London, UK. My main focus is reinterpreting the sociopolitical problems, and restrictions through my personal experience and view. I try to create an engaging situation for common experience with audience. Art played important role for me as a mean to challenge limitations and to criticise social problems. Also on a personal level, art had such a liberating effect like nothing else.
– Motivational letter Max 500 words. Please explain why you would like to take part in the residency, how it is relevant to your practice, and a brief project proposal if you have one in mind (this is not mandatory). The reason that I am applying to The New Flesh Artists’ Residency is that I believe my art practice needs to improve and develope in different areas. First, developing the script and story from the initial idea, second to create personal signature in my work and enhance the production quality and applying the right technics. I currently work and initiate the idea to investigate and explore my personal way to address the social and political issues through art. What my art work lack is the supervision and mentorship, being in the environment with curators, mentors and having the space to discuss and get feedback about my work, to understand the weakness and strength of it. It is not simple to have access to the the proffessional equipments and facilities without having the financial support and also the right network. The facilities and equipments of Academy Costumes, And also the curatorial and technical support from art collective ZOOX would be very valuable to provide the oppurtunity of having access to the substanstial sources. Currently I am research for the video that investigate the fear in the modern society and it is mainly based on the book by Paul Virlio “ The Administration of Fear”. I plan to propose it during the residency program. And finally, It helps to deepen my insight and knowledge in moving image and I belive being able to dialogue with the network of other artists and proffessionals would be very inspiring. I believe The New Flesh Artists’ Residency would help me to create a new Moving Image piece of work under the supervision of proffesional.
Reference including the email of one referee. roja@manototv.com