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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Amir Khojasteh: Living in a Burning House
DESCRIPTION:“Amidst the unsettled times of an uprising in Iran\, grappling with uncertainties\, sadness\, and paradoxes\, artist Amir Khojasteh sought solace in his studio and tried to make sense of what was happening … In this topsy-turvy world\, the artist persisted in painting and crafting head sculptures of the divs\, as if triumphing over them in a parallel timeline” (a div in Persian mythology is a supernatural creature or demon\, often depicted as a powerful and malevolent entity with magical abilities). Khojasteh’s sculptures symbolise victory over the divs\, capturing the demons in their defeated state. \nAlongside the heads are paintings that echo monotype print accidents and textures on canvas. Every painting can be read as a self-portrait or a commentary on a bizarre situation. “Dazed by the smoke of the ongoing fire\, one will need to find ways to make that situation more apprehensible. Khojasteh laughs at what he witnessed\, and through this laughter\, he exposes its contingency\, its ephemerality\, and irreality [sic]”. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/last-chnace-amir-khojasteh-living-in-a-burning-house/
LOCATION:CARBON 12\, 17th Street\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240528T193000
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SUMMARY:Oddisee
DESCRIPTION:A rare chance to see an unusual\, indeed exceptional hip hop artist at work. Oddisee has always ploughed his own furrow – making his own music for the last 20 years and running his own label now\, avoiding the temptations of big-money promoters\, organising his own promotion and tours. He merges elements of jazz\, funk\, and go-go into his production\, and his lyrics eschew the easy clichés and repetition of so many hip hop artists these days in favour of an articulate\, lyrical approach. “We hear of people like Mark Twain and Edgar Allan Poe being great American authors and writers\,” he says. “But what we love about them is being displayed in rap times ten: double entendres\, metaphors\, similes\, plays on words\, the ability to use poetic devices. These are all standard mechanisms to create beautiful literature and poetry\, which are executed on an Olympic level in rap music.” \nOur feature on Oddisee is here. \nOddisee will be performing with DJ Unown. The support act is Jindi\, probably the closest homegrown equivalent to Oddisee — there are stories in his songs\, melodies that mix genres from funk to dancehall via Afrobeat. We’ll be getting pieces from his brand new album\, Reign & Fire (released 23 May). The warm-up sets come from the everr-reliable Big Hass and DJ Katt\, known for his high-energy Afrobeat-and-house-music sets.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/oddisee/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Gig
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240528T200000
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SUMMARY:De Grandes Espérances: dir Sylvain Desclou (2022)
DESCRIPTION:The regular Alliance Française ciné-apéro evening (a glass of wine and canapés before the screening) this month features Desclou’s psychological/political thriller; a young couple with political aspirations more or less accidentally kill a violent driver on a remote country road. Thereafter nothing will be the same for them ever again … but maybe not in the way you’d expect. In French with English subtitles. (AF members pay AED 35\, the rest of us AED 45.)
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/de-grandes-esperances-dir-sylvain-desclou-2022/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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