Performance "A Silence to be Heard" Parvaneh Farid

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This is a recording of a performance to specially composed music within the setting of an installation work.
The performance took place inside an art installation work that marked the execution of 10 Baha'i women in the county of Shiraz in Iran in 1983. The installation space represents a prison environment, where most of the Bahá'í scriptures were revealed in the late 19th century.
The theme of this work is based on some principles of the Bahá'í faith ( http://www.bahai.org ) which forms a set of practical steps towards unity in diversity and global peace, the core belief of this faith. These principles are translated to English sign language, before being choreographed in the style of Rudolf Steiner's dance and movements; "Eurythmy". The sign language is taken as a metaphor for the silence, ignorance and denial of the breach of human rights of the Baha'is in Iran.
The music is an experimental composition which is drawn from the graphic form of the hand gestures and then orchestrated.

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