December 2009
9 posts
Evil Studio_Finale
AA in Tehran →
Person of the Year →
November 2009
20 posts
Women Without Men →
Barbara Gladstone's Collection of Shirin Neshat →
Shirin Neshat Video | Courtesy of Walker Art... →
Soliloquy →
Ritual : Chador (Iranian Veil)
Ritual: Chador
In Soliloquy, Shirin Neshat wears clothing resembling a chador, the traditional Iranian dress for Muslim women. A chador is a large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl. The garment was forbidden in Iran when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was in charge, before 1979. Known as the shah, he wanted to modernize Iran and was supported by the United States. After the...
Women of Allah | New Yorker Version →
Resolving Conflicting Geometries | Mecca... →
Stan Allen | From Object to Field →
Meeting with Kazys Varnelis_Tuesday_11242009
what if it’s more layered than a tube (which you usually design)
layers in the air supported by a column grid (another possibility)
what could you draw from Persian architecture? other than islam and religion
history of ancient traditional iranian architecture vs. new (brutal) iranian architecture?
look at essay by Stan Allen regarding Alhambra ……. putting it in the air...
more on the true literal evil in studio →
evil act →
relevance →
Neda →
My sincere apologies to my professor Kazys Varnelis, my dear classmates and guests for not warning you about the graphic nature of my introductory video to my midterm project. I should have cautioned you and I apologize for not doing so.
October 2009
29 posts
reference →
Kazys mentioned that "your building should not be... →
Shirin Neshat Tracks
Islamic Erotica →
Désirée Navab →
very interesting_especially super east-west woman
After Iran Gets the Bomb →
Cognitive Dissonance →
evil-kazys:
We understand that working for an evil client must be frustrating. If it’s not, that’s only temporary. Repressing such frustration will only cause it to rise to the surface more dramatically later. One of the reasons we are teaching this studio is that architects have not developed a theoretical toolbox for dealing with evil. It’s the task of the studio members to develop such a...