AFGHANISTAN: final projection and community talk

The Berlin last appointment to see the project of Farid Rahimi about his father’s homeland in Afghanistan

Centro Itard Lombardia in partnership with Archive Kabinett e.V., Berlin and in collaboration with Mufoco Milano-Cinisello Balsamo, Ar/Ge Kunst, Bozen and MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale, Turin are pleased to announce the public presentations in Berlin of the project awarded of the Italian Council XII edition:

“AFGHANISTAN, by Farid Rahimi” curated by Luca Cerizza

On Thursday, September 19, at 6:30 p.m., at The Institute for Endotic Research – TIER.space in Berlin, the launch of the book, which delves into the project realized within the framework of the Italian Council 2023 promoted by Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity, will be hosted within the film projection.

The book features contributions from Francesca Recchia, independent researcher of Bocconi University in Milan; Zafar Sayan, sociologist and author of an essay on the Afghan diaspora; Mohammad Dawood Tawana, Afghan sociologist and researcher; Susanna Ravelli coordinator of the project; and it is introduced by a conversation between Farid Rahimi and Luca Cerizza, editor of the publication.

Among the winners of the twelfth edition of the Italian Council by Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity within the Ministry of Culture, AFGHANISTAN is a project produced by Centro Itard Lombardia and curated by Luca Cerizza.

Different incarnations of the project have already been presented at Ar/Ge Kunst in Bozen and at MAO (Museo di Arte Orientale) in Turin, partners of the project, and at Babylon, film premiere, in Berlin. The final version of the installation “to Afghanistan” is now part of the collection of Mufoco, Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea in Milano-Cinisello Balsamo and will be presented in Berlin at TIER.Space alongside with a book, published by Archive Books.

More information about the project could be found here