ZAHRA KOMEYLIAN
MY SOUL IS A CHILD AND MY GOD IN MY SOUL IS A CHILD
TREADING WELL WATER
RED SOUP
WATER OVER MARSH
TWO PASSAGES
EMBODIED PRACTICES OF CARE SERIES: SWEEPINGS-STEEPINGS
GROUNDWORK
NOTHING IS A HOLE IN ITS OWN SKIN
CONTAINER FOR A PRECARIOUS RECORD
PLACES WHERE THINGS HAD BEEN PUT BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN VIOLENTLY DISPLACED, AND PLACES WHERE THINGS FOUND THEIR NATURAL GROUND AND STABILITY
ABOUT/ CV
Embodied Ppractices of Care Series
SWEEPINGS, STEEPINGS: A Communal Meal
Zahra Komeylian and Ayumi Goto in collaboration Carleton University Art Gallery, public performance
July 2021
Commissioned by the Carleton University Art Gallery, Sweepings-Steepings: A Communal Meal was a collective performance held alongside Jin-me Yoon’s retrospective exhibition, Here Elsewhere Other Hauntings (an experiment in pandemic times). Bringing together participants from GTA and the Ottawa region via zoom, this collective performance used food as a means of experimenting with alternative modes of care and critical engagement outside of institutional boundaries. Orchestrated in response to the video work, Other Hauntings (Song), 2016, particants prepared a meal with prepared ingredients, and collective readings prepared by the artists.
This project was made possible with generous funds from the Ontario Arts Council.