The exhibition continues throughout
December 22nd.
fluent is pleased to present Quotations from a Ruined City, the first presentation in Spain on the work of late Iranian playwright, Reza Abdoh (1963–1995).
This case–study exhibition takes his last produced play to reflect on the violent political realities of his (and our) time. Over a career that spanned twelve years, Abdoh developed an aesthetic grammar where mythology, music clips, fairy tales, BDSM, rave culture, religion and avant–garde theatre merged, to speak eloquently about human degradation, genocidal politics (from the AIDS crisis to supremacism and war), structural segregation, oppression, racism and the institutions’ refusal to diversity.
On the week of its premiere at the [removed] festival, Quotations from a Ruined City was described as ”a violent attack on violence. A sort of apocalyptic follies, evening of song, dance, poetry, nudity and torture set in a world” that is still dying today.
Just before his death, Abdoh gave instructions that his plays never be performed again, thus making his work only available through videos, photographs, texts and other kind of documentation materials. On the ocassion of this exhibition, fluent will launch a publication centered on the exhibition’s core and original play Quotations from a Ruined City.
We are grateful to Daniel Mufson, whose commitment to Reza’s work and constant efforts in promoting and pollinating it, are at the core of this [removed];