Navid Sinaki | Los Angeles, CA
Nameh
Video, 1:17 min. (2020)
This piece merges Iranian art and turn-of-the-millennium gifs to create spaces for identities to triumph. As a queer artist, Navid is energized by spaces, stories and myths that provide nourishment for fellow multicultural, Muslim, LGBTQ voices.
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Navid Sinaki
Navid Sinaki is an artist from Tehran who currently lives in Los Angeles. His films have exhibited in venues including the Moderna Museet of Stockholm, Lincoln Center, British Film Institute, and Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre in Spain. His film "Pop!" was included in the book "Queer Cinema in the World" (Duke University Press, 2016). Most recently, his writing appeared in BOMB Magazine.
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