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Katayoun Jalilipour
Katayoun Jalilipour is an Iranian-born multidisciplinary artist, performer and writer based in the UK. Through humour, provocation and storytelling, their practice uses the body as the subject to talk about race, gender identity and sexuality.
Their work takes an experimental approach, in which they create an environment for new languages and possibilities arising. They work in a variety of mediums including video, GIFs, installation, and live performance, and use speculative histories and fictions to re-tell stories through a queer lens.
They have an ongoing body of research looking for fragments of queerness hidden in Iran’s Qajar era, specifically stories that centre intimacy, eroticism and gender nonconformity.
Katayoun has been awarded bursaries from the Live Art Development Agency and Jerwood Arts. They are an associate lecturer on BA Performance: Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins, (London, UK).
Using speculative histories, Gut Feelings resurrects a series of artefacts and imagery from late 19th century Iran, through a queer and intersectional lens. Inspired by the lives of historical figures such as Qajar royalty and feminist activist Tāj al-Salṭaneh, who are often misrepresented in the digital world via memes and misinformation. Gut Feelings questions the importance of truthful and accessible archival information, and what part oppressive systems play in this. Using moving images (3D animation and GIFs), it attempts to re-portray the women of this era in a positive light, and enquire as to how fragments of truth can reimagine queerness in pre-westernised Iran.
Using speculative histories, Gut Feelings resurrects a series of artefacts and imagery from late 19th century Iran, through a queer and intersectional lens. Inspired by the lives of historical figures such as Qajar royalty and feminist activist Tāj al-Salṭaneh, who are often misrepresented in the digital world via memes and misinformation. Gut Feelings questions the importance of truthful and accessible archival information, and what part oppressive systems play in this. Using moving image (3D animation and GIFs), it attempts to re-portray the women of this era in a positive light, and enquire as to how fragments of truth can reimagine queerness in pre-westernised Iran.
با استفاده از تاریخچه ی گمانه زنی ،مجموعه ای احساسات درونی از آثار هنری و تصاویر مربوط به اواخر قرن نوزدهم ایران از طریق یک لنز کوییر و متقاطع زنده می کند. با الهام از زندگی شخصیت های تاریخی مانند شاهزاده قاجار و فعال فمینیست تاج السالنه ، که اغلب در دنیای دیجیتال از طریق الگوهای رفتاری و اطلعات نادرست از او ارائه شده است. احساسات درونی اهمیت اطلعات آرشیوی محقق و قابل دسترسی را زیر سوال می برد و اینکه سیستم های سرکوبگر (برای مثال عقیده های مستعمراتی) چه نقشی در این زمینه دارند. با سعی می شود زنان این دوران را با ، (GIF انیمیشن سه بعدی و) استفاده از تصویر متحرک دیدی مثبت به تصویر بکشد و در مورد اینکه چگونه قطعاتی از حقیقت تاریخی می توانند در زمان پیش از غربزدگی و مدرنیتی ایران، امکانی برای همجنس گرایی یا کوییر بودن را در این .تاریخ تجسم کند
Fragments of Fiction
Fragments of Truth
Gut Feelings: Artist Statement, Credit List, Reference List
