Sun 24th Feb 5.00pm - Ciné lumière

United States-Iran 2001. Shirin Neshat and Philip Glass. 12 min.12A

Philip Glass's orchestration rhythmically underscores the ritualized movements of the funerary preparations and procession that are the film's subjects. Neshat's panoramic landscape provides an epic backdrop to the actions of figures who move from the ritual to the elemental, giving rise to dust, sticks, stones and fire, which form a metaphoric circle of life, death, and the hope of renewal. Magical.

Still: Passage, 2001 Color video installation with soundtrack by Philip Glass 11:40, dimensions vary with installation © Shirin Neshat, 2001 Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York. Photo: Larry Barns
With the support of the Gladstone Gallery