Event overview
Art Research Installation Behzad Khosravi Noori Together With Magnus Bärtås: Brijoni- A Necromantic Theatre
Brijoni-A Necromantic Theatre is an ambitious endeavour to establish a connection with the deceased and gain insights into their narratives and experiences. The inspiration behind this venture originates from an intriguing incident involving Koki, the talking cockatoo, who would call out for Tito from its cage on Brioni Island.
This uncanny encounter with Koki's seemingly articulate utterances motivated us to embrace the necromantic concept of engaging with historical material and allowing the past to reveal itself in the present.
Employing a fictional, pseudo-psychoanalytical approach, we delve into the submerged undercurrents of the biographies of our two central figures, resulting in the creation of the film manuscript. Both protagonists, Paul Kupelwieser and Josip Broz Tito, have distinctively invested their lives in Brioni, albeit in different ways. The establishment of a zoo, symbolising an envisioned empire, bears colonial undertones. The concept of fashioning an exotic "colony" within Europe to construct a lavish global hub unites them in their aspirations.
Behzad Khosravi Noori is an artist, writer, educator, playground maker, and necromancer. His practice-based research includes films, installations, and archival studies. His works investigate histories from The Global South, labour and the means of production, and histories of political relationships that have existed as a counter narration to the east-west dichotomy during the Cold War and beyond.
By bringing multiple subjects into his study, Behzad explores possible correspondences seen through the lenses of contemporary art practice, proletarianism, subalternity, and the technology of image production. He analyses recent history to revisit memories beyond borders, exploring the entanglements and non/aligned memories.
Khosravi Noori's works have been shown at Kalmar Museum, Malmö Art Museum, Venice Biennale, Timișoara Biennale, Ural industrial biennale, 12.0 Contemporary Islamabad, Tensta Konsthall, Sakakini art institution Ramallah Palestine, HDLU Zagreb, WHW Zagreb, Botkyrka Konsthall, CFF (Centre of Photography, Stockholm), Marabouparken, Stockholm, Centre of Contemporary art, Riga, Arran Gallery Tehran, among other venues. He is a member of the editorial board of VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research and teaches fine art and postcolonial theory at Habib University in Karachi, Pakistan. Behzad Khosravi Noori divides his time between Sweden and Pakistan.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 13 Jun 2023 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
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