Interview with Persian artist Firouz FarmanFarmaian A noisy, passionate conversation at the bar at Chiltern Firehouse, London

'Persian multidisciplinary artist Firouz FarmanFarmaian is a journey himself. He is bejewelled, dresses impeccably, wears traditional, colourful caftans, layers of fabrics, prints, and mixes them with cool sportswear. His looks are just as striking as his art.'

"We first met in 2020, in Marrakesh, during 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, at the Théâtre Royal de Marrakech, where he created and curated a sculptural, site-specific installation Memorandum of the Unknown Path, with large-scale tent elements, and hand-painted fabric-panels held together by Touareg raw camel wool. He knotted Moroccan and Persian millenary cultures with Sufi-inspired textures, and post-tribal military symbols sourced at the Atlas Mountains in Draa Valley, and the Sahara. He then spiced the installation with sub-Saharian soundscapes. Later, Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, accompanied by Ladan Mina, came to admire his exhibition."

BAR TALK by Zoltan Alexander ZOLTAN+MEDIA London Audio: 42mn

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