Photo by Newsha Tavakolian/Magnum photos

Women resembling mountains, in Tehran. How does one visualise an amorphous idea, one that has become abstract to the point of obscurity? Landscape, real and imagined, provides the backdrop for a visual narrative, while sound, intertwined with a self-narrated monologue, adds a third dimension to this specific portrayal. Newsha Tavakolian is detached from the real world and yet achingly affected by it. A scene from a short film “For the Sake of Calmness” by Newsha Tavakolian.

Žene koje podsjećaju na planine, u Teheranu. Kako se vizualizira amorfna ideja, ona koja je postala apstraktna do tačke nejasnosti? Pejzaž, stvaran i zamišljen, pruža pozadinu za vizualnu naraciju, dok zvuk, isprepleten sa samopripovijedanim monologom, dodaje treću dimenziju ovom specifičnom prikazu. Newsha Tavakolian je odvojena od stvarnog svijeta, a ipak duboko pogođena njime. Scena iz kratkog filma “Radi smirenosti”, Newsha Tavakolian.