Profess the unspoken
ahead of shame leading to destruction.
All barriers aside,
sit with it, bit by bit
as I attempt to hold space for you.
Gisou Golshani is an Iranian artist based in London. Her work is a collage of audio-visual material, depicting abstract narratives from seemingly disparate elements. She approaches sound as a medium for storytelling and building atmospheres for reflection and active listening.
Lately her practice has been informed by personal experiences of mental health in the isolation of the pandemic, alongside friendships and bonds that have become tighter in this period. As feelings of loneliness and disconnection amplified during lockdown, Gisou started recording the intimate and open conversations she had with people in her inner circle. 5610 (2020) and Ba Oon Yadame (2021) are two works inspired by those recordings that explore themes of intimacy, family-related trauma, interdependency and the need for care.
Five seperate sound pieces are united in an immersive experience for the exhibition. Tracks are composed with the intention of being listened to as one complete work. The drone sounds in Burrow (2021) set the mood for the space; Ba Oon Yadame (2021) is a personal reflection on a family secret that was kept from the artist for long time. It centres a conversation Gisou and her sister had in Farsi, in which they discuss their Uncle Abbas' suicide. The stigma and shame that surrounds addiction, unemployment and mental health in Iran, is why Abbas' story has been kept secret for decades. The work samples guitar sounds from the film Desperado (1995), a favourite of Gisou's Dad when she was growing up and mentioned by her sister as a reminder of those difficult times.
Ba Oon Yadame (2021) has been selected for the latest round of Disability Arts Online Covid Commissions and will be showcased online this summer.
July 2021
@gisougolshani
ahead of shame leading to destruction.
All barriers aside,
sit with it, bit by bit
as I attempt to hold space for you.
Gisou Golshani is an Iranian artist based in London. Her work is a collage of audio-visual material, depicting abstract narratives from seemingly disparate elements. She approaches sound as a medium for storytelling and building atmospheres for reflection and active listening.
Lately her practice has been informed by personal experiences of mental health in the isolation of the pandemic, alongside friendships and bonds that have become tighter in this period. As feelings of loneliness and disconnection amplified during lockdown, Gisou started recording the intimate and open conversations she had with people in her inner circle. 5610 (2020) and Ba Oon Yadame (2021) are two works inspired by those recordings that explore themes of intimacy, family-related trauma, interdependency and the need for care.
Five seperate sound pieces are united in an immersive experience for the exhibition. Tracks are composed with the intention of being listened to as one complete work. The drone sounds in Burrow (2021) set the mood for the space; Ba Oon Yadame (2021) is a personal reflection on a family secret that was kept from the artist for long time. It centres a conversation Gisou and her sister had in Farsi, in which they discuss their Uncle Abbas' suicide. The stigma and shame that surrounds addiction, unemployment and mental health in Iran, is why Abbas' story has been kept secret for decades. The work samples guitar sounds from the film Desperado (1995), a favourite of Gisou's Dad when she was growing up and mentioned by her sister as a reminder of those difficult times.
Ba Oon Yadame (2021) has been selected for the latest round of Disability Arts Online Covid Commissions and will be showcased online this summer.
July 2021
@gisougolshani
Goldsmiths
Postgraduate Exhibition
MA Artists' Film
& Moving Image
15-20 July 2021
Small Pool
Laurie Grove Baths
6 Laurie Grove
London SE14 6NH
See you there!