Remote Homecoming Chapter one at Studio Strike, London

Remote Homecoming is a platform designed to bring videos made by Iranians across the border remotely back home, and to bridge the gap between so called “inside” and “outside”, while acknowledging.these terms are fading rather quickly or at least are changing tremendously in the 21st century, still there are numerous obstacles to communicate between the scenes and there is a lot to be learnt. Chapter one of remote homecoming is a selection of short films, videos and performances from a wide range of Iranian artists from emerging to established and tries to show a gradient of practices across various disciplines and mediums, while focusing on professional use of sound, visuals and performance as its point of departure.

12 Videos, short Films and performances by

Sona Safaei  | Bahar Samadi | Nooshin Farhid | Naghmeh Abbasi | Golnaz Payani | Sima Khatami | Mohammad Abbasi | Fereydoun Ave |Roozbeh Rashidi | Anahita Hekmat

Total running time : 53 min

Poster designed by Amirali Ghasemi with an illustration by Sam Keshmiri and typography by Mohammad Khodashenas.

Special thanks to Afshin Dehkordi, Natasha Caruana, Arash Khakpour,  and kind people at Studio Strike and Bread and Roses

Live Acoustic Duet : Pouya Mahmoodi & Armin Firouzabadi at 8 pm

Pouya Mahmoodi is an Iranian guitarist, songwriter and singer. He is a pioneer of Iranian world fusion style, mixing Iranian traditional music with western music styles such as jazz, blues, and rock. In 2008, he released his debut solo album, Mehr, which features drummer Billy Cobham.

Armin Firouzabadi is an Iranian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has studied contemporary music and performance at Brunel university and he is recording his solo album, Music divided by 2, in the meantime.

Pouya and Armin are going to perform a few tracks from their albums, Mehr and Barad (with lyrics in Persian) and Music divided by 2 (with lyrics in English) and the concert also includes covers by some of their classic favorites including Jeff Buckley and Radiohead.

The event is free and the good news is there are limited number of Mehr, the album by Pouya Mahmoodi, available to be purchased at the venue. We encourage you to support the band.

8 pm at Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street,
LONDON SW4-6DX