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Belgium INC* at Mohsen Art Gallery August 28th,2010

Parkingallery.com in collaboration with Mohsen Gallery, Tehran Presents
Belgium INC*

Belgium Inc at Mohsen Art Gallery

Video presentation
Curated by Michel Dewilde
Pieter Geenen | Jasper Rigole | Nel Aerts | Kelly Schacht | Bram De Jonghe | Rozemarijn Spilliaert | Daniel Dewaele
Saturday 28th of August 2010, 7 pm
Mohsen Art Gallery
Address: No. 42, East Mina Blvd, Farzan Street, Naji Street, Zafar, Tehran
Telephone: 22255354

Updates on Parkingallery’s 12th Anniversary

Parkingallery is 12
Parkingallery is 12 years old

Dear Friends’ of Parkingallery
Parkingallery is gonna be 12 years old in this month, we are working on a book and a the good news is we are going to open our project space hopefully in Nov this year…It had been a real pleasure to be with you all these years and we believe we could never survive ups and downs and difficult days without your attention and support.We want to thank you for your presence and your participations in various projects we accomplished together these years.Now its the time for your kind feedbacks, notes, photo/video/sound documentations, memories, comments and even complains as we are going to include them in our book, so if you give us the pleasure to share them, it would be very appreciated.You can write them as comments or mail them to info[at]parkingallery[dot]com. Thanks in advance and looking forward to hear from you soon.

Parkingallery Team

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Maneli Aygani’s Video Installation at Azad Gallery (Aug 5th,2010)

Video Stills from O fable, they are the fodder Who have blocked the way to the garden
Maneli Aygani Video Stills from O fable, They ... 3-channel video for 3 projections, DVD, color, sound, 4’ 34”

Maneli Aygani (Tehran 1981) is one of the promising artist of her generation, based in Tehran and Minnesota. Don’t miss her latest video work O Fable, they are the fodder, who have blocked, the way to garden is a 3-channel video for 3 projections, and will be on view for a day at Azad Art Gallery on 5th of August 2010.

O fable, they are the fodder, Who have blocked the way to the garden

Where and how did we grow up? How have we learned to be afraid of each other? How have we enjoyed the approval of others for what we really aren’t? And how long those “others” and this “enjoyment” last?

Censorship is internalized. We become experts at it, as if it were an inseparable part of our lives. It is precisely then that we loose the ability to distinguish what the I really wants.

All the rigid concepts like Good and Evil form dissonances between our mental universe and the world around us; finally, while we understand that which we desire, we ruthlessly start a process of self-flagellation, because if our desire refuses to abide by our stock of knowledge, it will appear impudent and unusual. Thus, what is ravaged is the I, and at times, when we overcome this false I through continuous inner struggle, and stand our ground for that which we desire, the main tragedy then takes place. The I that harms the world is often more unpleasant than the I that harms itself. Then, this evil I will remain and a feeling of guilt.

To what extent does this feeling of guilt, rather than our acumen, determines our actions? In this vicious circle cruelty comes to us from others, from us to the self, and from us to others. We are all engaged in hurting ourselves and hurting others. And, the moment that this cruelty becomes commonplace, a falsehood replaces truth, and the I gets lost in the middle of truth and falsehood and cannot distinguish between the two. This is a what-do-I-want that is lost.

And the I gives up.