Collected Histories, a project co-founded by Hind Mezaina and Jasmine Soliman, aims to foster discussion on personal documentation and archiving “with an ultimate goal of inspiring and supporting individuals to become \u2018citizen archivists\u2019 by cataloguing, and exploring ways to self-publish and preserve personal collections”. The project includes talks, workshops, and public film screenings \u2013 which this evening includes all three.<\/p>\n
Four short films focused on archives, memories, and identity followed by a short discussion between Mezaina, Soliman and the audience.<\/p>\n
Between Delicate and Violent<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0dir \u015eirin Bahar Demirel (2023, 15 min)<\/em> Experimental documentary that considers hands as memory places that can both accumulate and transfer memories \u2013 what some artists call “hand memory,” triggered when they begin painting, sculpting, or drawing and retained in the body rather than the brain …<\/p>\n My Father<\/strong><\/span> dir Pegah Ahangarani Farahanilran (2023, 19 min)<\/em> A personal essay from the director, examining the life of her father as a revolutionary filmmaker and activist in Iran and the impact of the execution of his friend Davood …<\/p>\n At Home But Not At Home<\/strong><\/span> dir Suneil Sanzgiri (2019, 11 min)<\/em> An experimental essay about anti-colonial solidarity, based on the story of the director’s father and his Goan heritage\u00a0to question the construction of artifice, memory, and identity through the moving image.<\/p>\n Rankin Street, 1953 <\/strong><\/span>dir Naeem Mohaieman (2013, 8 min) <\/em>Mohaiemen’s projects all revolve around modern history, with a particular focus on South Asia and the 1970s. Merging personal and national histories, Mohaiemen explores the gaps in historical memory.<\/p>\n The workshop will explore the importance of archival self-representation, the objects we keep and why.\u00a0 Attendees should bring at least one item from their personal archive \u2013 family photos, letters, diaries, heirlooms. This event is open to all, and no prior knowledge about archival practice is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Workshop<\/h4>\n