A Production by: Iranian Association
A Voice of Iranian Artists
February 2009 marked the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.
The Artists UK Heritage Project has collected the stories of the Iranian artists who have lived and worked in the UK since the 1979 Revolution .
The memories of the artists have been collected in the video, audio and text forms and will be archived.
Workshop Oral History   November 2009
Workshop Video Camera Operation November 2009
Workshop Digital Photography November 2009
The first interview was on Friday 18 th  January 2010 with Mr. Hadi Khorsandi Satirist and stand up comedian
Hadi Khorsandi Satirist and stand up comedian The recipient of the Hellman-Hammett Award in 1995
Kourosh Salehi Painter – Visual Artist
Maryam Hashemi Painter – Visual Artist
Shadab Vajdi Poet and Translator
Lotfali Khonji Translator and BBC Radio Journalist
Lobat Vala  Poet, Writer, Journalist and Editor
Mehrdad Seyf Theatre Director and Playwright
Farnosh Behzad Composer
Ghazi Rabihavi Writer and Playwright
Esmaeil Khoei Poet and Philosopher  The Winner of the Friedrich Rvkrt Award   in 2010
Soudabeh Farokhnia Actress
Fariborz Kiyani  Composer and University Lecturer
Parvin Cox Singer
Adom Saboonchian  Film Editor
Saeed Kamali Dehgan Guardian Journalist and Literary Critic
Manoochehr Hosseinpoor  Drama Director
Mahmood Kianoosh   Writer, Poet and Literary Critic
Tahmores Tehrani Actor
Maziar Bahari  Documentary Filmmaker and Journalist   The Winner of the Award for Excellence in Iranian Cinema
Refugee Week Exhibition at Hammersmith Town Hall on 25 June 2010
SOAS Event on 25 September 2010
Gunnersbury Museum Event on  25 November 2010
Special Thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund
Our thanks should also go to The Artists Volunteers Project Advisory Group Interviewers Translators/Transcribers Stage Manager/Photographer Graphics Designers Cameraman, Exhibition Guides Video Editor Project Coordinator and Project Development Manager
Volunteers The project has benefited from over 200 volunteer days. They have participated in a wide range of activities such as interviewing the artists, filming the interviews, taking photographs, translation/transcription, leaflet/poster design, helping in exhibitions and general admin work
London November 2010

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