If you're an Amsterdam reader of my blog, you might be interested to know that today between 16.00 and 20.00 we'll have the opening of the exhibition "Green Timeline". The exhibition is the visual diary of an anonymous demonstrator, a thorn in the side of this regime. She has walked the streets of Tehran in many demonstrations. She has shouted "Allah-o Akbar" till her voice became hoarse, she has spraypainted slogans and "V" signs on walls in the middle of the night. And all this she has recorded in her own unique way to show the people of Amsterdam.
If you cannot make the exhibition today, send me a mail so I can put you on my mailinglist and let you know what days the Mezrab / Art Cage exhibition space is open. Mails go here: sahand@sahebdivani.net
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In other news: today might be the day 9 political prisoners are executed on Enghelab (revolution) square. http://persian2english.com/?p=5849
Yesterday, in a gut reaction the the first to hangings last week I wrote the following poem. It's still quite raw and unedited:
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What Hangs there?
Imagine a kite tangled
up in a tree
rudely awakened from the dream
of flying
what hangs there?
when that, which was the beloved,
seeps out through numerous pores
looks back and thinks
"it is a strong rope that
carries all that shame and does not
break"
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1 comment:
I love the poem, but something about the last part bothers me: it's a strong rope... hmm we should talk about it sometime
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