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Tahmineh's Fancy Sculpture

Fari Bradley

United Kingdom

Sculpture, Mixed Media on Other

Size: 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

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About The Artwork

A sound piece reacting to hand movement, filmed in The Studio, Upper Wimpole Street during an exhibition in Dec 2010 (see link in comment, left). Electric cable, red suede, white brocade and ribbon. The sound is based on the idea of a woman who can please herself and of the power of electricity. Tahmineh is a character in the Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings, a 1,000 year old book that is still quoted and referenced regularly today by everyday Iranians. In this long poem, Tahmineh falls for the hero Rostam and proclaims: "Outside the veil no one has ever beheld me, nor has anyone ever heard my voice. But of you I have heard from all men as a legend and have been told histories of you in plenty; that you fear no Div, lion, leopard or serpent, and how bold you are in action. I have craved for your shoulders and arms and breast. Now God has vouchsafed your presence in this City. If you desire me, I yield myself to you, and neither bird nor fish will set eyes on me hereafter. One thing is sure, that I have so devoted myself to you as to have killed wisdom in favour of love.___ (Shahnama, Sohrab 8:2) ____ They are together for a night and Tahmineh bears Rostam's child. Importantly, at no point in the story is she made out to be a willful or base woman for following her desire.

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Sculpture:Mixed Media on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

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Sound artist working with audio installation, sculpture and performances, also silent works about sound. Bradley's practice questions ethics and agency with the context of human culture, environment and identity. . . . . . . . Experimental soundscapes performed live, as recordings and on air have also been commissions for the sound art duo Bradley-Weaver with Chris Weaver, for the Maraya Arts Centre- UAE, Beirut Arts - Beirut Centre, Malja Bahrain, Tashkeel Dubai and Art Dubai. Bradley-Weaver created soundwalks for Al Serkal Avenue-Dubail and permanent installations at the Al Leffayeh Wildlife Centre in the Kalba Mountains, Sharjah, UAE. Fari performs and composes with Resonance104.4FM's Resonance Radio Orchestra in venues such as Camden Roundhouse, London Architecture Week and MIMA at AVO8 Festival Middlesborough. She has featured on the CD 'Women Take Back the Noise' with Cosey Fanni Tutti and others and recently released a limited edition art vinyl with Chris Weaver called 'Systems for a Score' on Vinyl Factory, UK. Twice the commissioned sound artist for London Mela, Bradley performed live experimental electronica in many festivals worldwide and has DJd several times at Exit Festival Serbia, Bestival and more. Bradley has composed for films for the World Health organisation, and creates her own films as tableaux. . . . . . . . She was commissioned with radio works by The British Council and Frieze Projects. Live performances include the ICA, Barbican, Beaconsfield Art Gallery, the Wellcome Trust, Glastonbury, Gasworks Gallery, Bestival and other venues, plus arts radio stations, galleries and pop up broadcasts in galleries and museums. Fari produces the 'Six Pillars' radio show and previously an experimental music platform 'Free Lab Radio' on arts-music radio station Resonance104.4FM on air, on digital and online.

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