Unedited History
Art and visual culture in Iran from the 1960s up to the present. Shown in Paris and Rome, 2014 - 2015. Extensive photo documentation.
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As a pioneering 'global exhibition', the festival confronted established colonial hierarchies and hegemonies and created a neutral space of performance and art during the Cold War. The Festival became an artistically pioneering world stage precociously proposing a new cultural model for a post-colonial necessity. It found a natural ally in Western neo-avant-garde. Asian and African expressions were equal to Eastern and Western European and those from the Americas.
Unedited History. Iran 1960-2014
Chapter: The Years of "Modernisation" 1960-1978
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Art and visual culture in Iran from the 1960s up to the present. Shown in Paris and Rome, 2014 - 2015. Extensive photo documentation.