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Above: A Festival of Imaginary Events

Notes

A collection of postcards designed by Katayoon Forouhesh, each representing an imagined performance conveived by 14 Iranian and British independent artists. Part of ABOVE, a festival of imagined performances on rooftops, conceived and curated by Andy Field (Forest Fringe, UK) and Iranian artist-producer Nima Dehghani.

Artist / Author Andy Field and Nima Dehghani
Reference P2675
Date 2015
Type Publication

Keywords

Amy Sharrocks Azade Ganjeh Barbad Golshiri city collective imagination imaginary imagined performances Iran Javid S. Ghaemmaghami Maedeh Shanehsaz Mahmoodreza Noorbakhsh Melanie Wilson Payam Mofidi performance Rajni Shah Robin Deacon Sarah Fe’li Tim Etchells UK Will Duke

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