Shirin Neshat's "Zarin"

A clip from Shirin Neshat's "Zarin" shown at Gladstone Gallery October 15 through November 12, 2005

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Film & Animation

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• Shirin
• Neshat
• Zarin
• art
• video
• videoart

[Horstabel]

no worries. shirin neshat workes on a full lenght movie - "summer 1953". I guess it will be in some movie theatres next year. and "zarin" will be part of it.

it's not so easy to put art videos on dvd, because it's ment to be seen on a special screen. I would love to have them on dvd too, but it wouldn't be the same.

[uberdionysus]

Also, how disturbing if there were 5 copies of _Solaris_ in the world, all owned by the rich? No _ Solaris _ to rent or own, and we could only see it if it was shown in a gallery or museum.

Purchasing rights could be rewritten so Neshat's films could be sold on DVDs. More money for her, great films for you, me, and the world, but a slightly less prestigious object for the art collector.

It's bullshit. And it sucks to see anything on DVD vs. projected, but it's still better than nothing.

[uberdionysus]

There are some cases where that is true, but most of the time it's a lie of the art world.

You definitely can't see most of Christian Marclay's or Doug Aitken's work on a TV, but Neshat's work is projected on a screen no different from that in any movie theater, as is the vast majority of video artists'.

There is NO artistic reason (but plenty of financial reasons) that an art video deserves a more privileged status than a Godard, Hitchcock, or Tarkovsky movie.

[MournfulWine]

love it. can you please post turbulence by neshat- incredible! would require two postings though (and technically two monitors to watch)

[uberdionysus]

If it's ever playing in a place where I can film it, I will. And I'll try filming two monitors at once.

[schizabella]

thanks for putting it online, I wish there was more of here work online..

[uberdionysus]

Yeah, so do I. I hate the way the art world hadles video. Can you imagine if there was only five copies of "Vertigo," and they were all owned by rich collectors? Yet that's the world we live in, except the rich own the only copies of "Zarin" and "Cremaster." Netflix isn't good enough for the art world.

[maahnaazz]

We Iranians are NOT the bad guys, We Iranians have made some horrible choices in choosing our policy makers, and we are paying off for it. And you hating westeners is not shared by other Iranians AT ALL. Most Iranians in Iran especially LOVE west and love to go there and live for a while, so don't go around bullshit.

[ivaanaleeallan]

I don't see the hatred in this film.

Could you explain to me the symbols of hatred? I thought it was about misunderstanding.

[811LuvMichaelJackson]

hey im only here cuz my names zarin. whats this movie about?

[ElenaDcs]

Somebody remember the end of this video? I don't... I need this information for an article..

[fanfi1]

the problem of iran is a probleme of behaviours and mentality.

But don't think that the women are "innocent", "good", and that Iranian men are "monsters". Women in Iran are not just poor victims, they have to change their mentality too : example : in Iran, women think that make up and sexy clothes = LIBERTY.

Liberty is a very large thing. But Iranian people do not want to change : they vote for Moussavi who was prime minister during iran-irak war! they vote for a murderer! iranian R stupid

[damnitnana12]

@maahnaazz with all due respect where is your comment coming from? I know that one american cannot speak for the whole of the usa but what is this bullshit you speak of? sounds to me that your're just talking... just like me I guess... ahhh welll not trying to poke at anyone or prove a point or start a famed youtube arguement i am just curious...

[Nebelfetzen]

This is part of Women without Men

[Manhanuzzendam]

i just know that she is amazing and i would love to see more of her works.if anyone knows how please add a comment here.mahnaazz jaan its not that iranians love to go to west and live for a while its the era that we have been left behind without wanting it.we were learning how to walk on modernist world and then we were pushed back,therefore we have to run to pass modernism and post modernism and its not easy where and when they stop you.

[hitler110ss]

stupid feminists who have taken away the all of familly values and taste of life for every one.

the children with no dads are one result of this

[Treechris]

@WAQWAQSAHAB

I just wanted to let you know, that you're a misinformed FOOL. Before you go spewing hatred about someone, get your facts straight. THIS Shirin Neshat has absolutely no relation to General Ali Neshat. You are talking about a completely different Shirin Neshat, which could have been determined with a simple google search. But of course, that would be too easy for an ignorant pig like you.

[RoseProphecy]

RoseProphecy RoseProphecy After decades of stonning & the world being dead spirited & walking dead let alone Iran, Sheereen Neshat & the like of her should know that Iranian or the world youth do not wake up all of a sudden with such an awakened and new patterns of thaught and being!This has never and will never happen!

[RoseProphecy]

Once in a thousand years one awkened soul rises and brings new knowledge as I did and went on the cross for it guiding leaders 15 years to come to a place where evolutionary change is happening!