Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Screening with Shirin Neshat
Description:
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) hosted internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat for a virtual film screening and conversation about her latest body of work, "Land of Dreams" (2019-2021). Part fiction and part documentary, "Land of Dreams" is a multidisciplinary project that reflects on New Mexico’s diversity and fraught history. All artwork clips have been removed from this event recording. Neshat was joined in conversation by Adriel Luis, curator of digital & emerging practice at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, and Saisha Grayson, curator of time-based media at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This program was part of SAAM’s fourth annual Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival, which was presented completely online and ran from March 1-23, 2022, in honor of Women’s History Month. In 2022, the festival focused on the theme of “(Re)Making Space,” and featured the following artists: Sasha Wortzel, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, and Shirin Neshat. Through their artistic choices, the conventions they overturn, and the visionary insights they bring to each frame, each artist uses their cameras and imaginations to reshape how we see the world. Through powerful and experimental artworks, they invite us to examine our relationships to and deeper understandings of chosen landscapes. This program was made possible by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story, and was co-presented with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.
Video Duration:
1 hr 7 min 47 sec
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