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Narges Mohammadi, The Making of Passing Traces, video 19:07 min and installation with halva. Shown during group exhibition Best of Graduates 2020 at Ron Mandos Gallery (Amsterdam). Video, edit and direction by Julia Sterre Schmitz, camera assistance by Diane Mahin, colour grading by Mayis Rukel, sound editing by Yannick Verhoeven, title design by Alfonso Yordi Martinez. Image courtesy of Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation 2020. Courtesy of Narges Mohammadi & Copperfield, London.
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The Making of Passing Traces is a film documenting the process of creation of Passing Traces. It shows collecting all the ingredients for the halva (a sweet treat from the SWANA region), its time-consuming and labour-intensive preparation method, and the many intimate encounters with family, friends, and dear ones who helped produce the artwork. The film is about the conversations we have surrounding intergenerational grief and culturally specific ways of mourning, as well as traditions associated with the bereavement of loved ones.
Many thanks to
Shirin Mirachor, Fatima Jabor, Reda Senhaji, my mother and my grandfather.
Made possible by
KABK Fine Arts Department Prize
Stroom Encouragement Award