Brendan Dawes
Persian Dreams: Heroes, 2023
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Duration 1 min 1 sec
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About the work: Inspired by The Book of Kings, or Shahnameh, these contextually charged artworks suggest temporal linkages; a renewed, digitised interpretation of an age-old Epic Poem. Written by native...
About the work:
Inspired by The Book of Kings, or Shahnameh, these contextually charged artworks suggest temporal linkages; a renewed, digitised interpretation of an age-old Epic Poem. Written by native poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE, the Shahnameh is the national epic of Iran and recounts a Persian golden age via some 50,000 ‘distichs’ or couplets. This work attests a preservation of mythologies and histories that here lend Dawes’ work an arcane and scholarly agency. Heroes suggests images of Persian warriors embedded in a flowing, ever-changing rock relief form.
About the music:
This composition is a voyage alongside the mighty heroes within the myths and legends that embody Iran’s golden past. The percussions build up anticipation led by a constant tease of the tombak gradually accompanied by the powerful marching calls of the daf. It’s time.
Inspired by The Book of Kings, or Shahnameh, these contextually charged artworks suggest temporal linkages; a renewed, digitised interpretation of an age-old Epic Poem. Written by native poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE, the Shahnameh is the national epic of Iran and recounts a Persian golden age via some 50,000 ‘distichs’ or couplets. This work attests a preservation of mythologies and histories that here lend Dawes’ work an arcane and scholarly agency. Heroes suggests images of Persian warriors embedded in a flowing, ever-changing rock relief form.
About the music:
This composition is a voyage alongside the mighty heroes within the myths and legends that embody Iran’s golden past. The percussions build up anticipation led by a constant tease of the tombak gradually accompanied by the powerful marching calls of the daf. It’s time.
