Circles
a solo showcase by artist-in-residence Homa Sarabi
past exhibition
“In the cycle of destiny, we are the center point of submission. What you decide is a grace, what you wish is an order.” – Hafez
Circles, a solo showcase by summer 2024 artist-in-residence Homa Sarabi, features work in progress of an interactive collective story, a movement choir, and a creative representation of the experience of contemporary womanhood. Expressed with various mediums—such as a video installation of this work in progress, drawings of notated dance, and a participatory project—the artist is forwarding the untold intimate stories of life lived in a female body.
Through the practice of movement choirs and poetic drama in a multidimensional collaborative work, the participants of workshops held during the residency formed ways to share their personal experiences, emotions, and thoughts by co-designing a choreographic score. The films and the dance notations are records of that collective practice. The participants self-identify as women, or their life experiences have been significantly shaped by their gender as a female or female-presenting or queer person.
This work is made possible through collaborations and co-creations.
Primary collaborators
Choreographer: Meg Buckner
Creative Producing: Monica Cohen
Cinematography: Nina Zehri
About the artist in residence
Homa Sarabi is the Gallery 263 summer 2024 artist in residence. Sarabi is a filmmaker, educator, and programmer. She makes experimental and nonfiction films, works with 16mm film, choreographic movement, performance, and drawing. This summer, she worked with archival footage and engaged the community by hosting a series of story-sharing circles and collective choreographic exercises, all centered around the lived experiences of womanhood
past work
