MAPh | In conversation | Hoda Afshar and Nikos Papastergiadis

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In conversation | Hoda Afshar and Nikos Papastergiadis

3 May 2022

Hoda AFSHAR
Untitled 2015–20
from the series Speak the Wind
pigment ink-jet print
35.5 x 45.5 cm
courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery (Brisbane)

Tuesday 6:30 – 8:00 pm (AEST)
MGA
Free event

Join Hoda Afshar and Nikos Papastergiadis in conversation within the exhibition Speak the Wind at MGA. Surrounded by Afshar’s images, the pair may unpick their shared interests in migration, diaspora and the turbulence and complexity of cultural identity.

Winds have shaped the islands off the southern coast of Iran, in the Strait of Hormuz, and over many centuries, tides have brought to these islands an ancient and complex group of people. Here, there is a commonly held belief that the wind can possess a person, and can equally be exorcised from them through an intense ceremony of dance and music.

In the exhibition, Speak the Wind, Iranian / Australian artist, Afshar proffers an enigmatic view of the rituals and lives that play out within the astounding landscape of these islands. As she uses photography and moving image to ensnare and parse the winds of the Strait of Hormuz, Afshar also grapples with the history of documentary photography; its beauty and its limits.

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