This was written on September 15, 2015 (revised January 7, 2020) as an attempt and conscious effort to clarify my intentions on Khal - a project I began in September 2014 while residing in Tabriz, Iran. I wanted to make clear that as an American of Persian and Azeri decent, my experience as a woman with freedom in America …
Khal at the Viewfinder
November 11 - 24, 2015 Viewfinder Auckland Central Library, 46 Lorne Street, Auckland 8 Pillars - A Free Score (video installation) film features Suki Dewey, Nazanin Daneshvar, Yasi Alipour, Julia Santoli, Gabie Strong, Laura Sofia, and Helga Fassonaki Watch video on Vimeo About Khal project
Khal Scores performed around the globe
In September 2014, Helga Fassonaki sent scores in the form of sculptures from Tabriz, Iran to sixteen female artists and musicians living abroad to perform in public in lieu of her ability to do so legally in Iran. Artists who received Fassonaki's scores include Rachel Shearer & Beth Ducklingmonster (Auckland, NZ), Kali Z Fasteau (NYC, NY), Kelly …
Khal at Nga Taonga Sound And Vision
November 17 – December 11, 2015 Khal at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision 300 Karangahape Rd Newton, Auckland NZ Khal continues to document a living score as a language used to tell a story, communicate a vocal process, and provide instructions for a poetic movement that grows strength from the transformation of solo into group resonance. Presented alongside Fassonaki’s …
Khal at the Audio Foundation gallery
November 5 – 28, 2015 The Audio Foundation Gallery 4 Poynton Terrace Auckland, NZ Audio Foundation gallery presented the fifth iteration of Helga Fassonaki's ongoing project Khal, which she began in Tabriz, Iran in September 2014. Fassonaki had sent sixteen sculptural scores she made in Iran abroad for sixteen female artists to interpret and perform publicly …
Celestial at the Audacious Festival of Sonic Arts
October 24-26, 2015 Audacious Festival presented by The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery Christchurch, New Zealand When asked to present a sound piece for the Audacious Festival, which began as a way consider the vacant lots in Christchurch’s central city as fading gaps in the collective memory of those who know the city, the idea of …
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Khal at The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
8 October – 31 October 2015 The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery 35 New Regent St Christchurch New Zealand 8011 The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery presented the fourth iteration of Helga Fassonaki's ongoing project Khal, which she began in Tabriz, Iran in September 2014. Fassonaki had sent sixteen sculptural scores she made in Iran abroad for sixteen …
Khal in Book of Scores at Disjecta
September 26 - November 1, 2015 Disjecta 8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland, Oregon 8 Pillars - A Free Score (live) composed by Helga Fassonaki performed by Julia Santoli & Helga Fassonaki for the Book of Scores opening - September 26, 2015 Watch video on Vimeo 8 Pillars - A Free Score (film projection) film features …
Unpublished Interview with Jennifer Lucy Allen of the Wire
Jennifer Lucy Allen of the Wire asked me the following questions about my project Khal on March 30, 2015. As far as I know it was never published. I thought I would share the Q&A as my responses offer insight into the project's early landscape. Jennifer Lucy Allen: Can you tell me a bit about the residency - who …
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Khal at Los Angeles Contemporary Archives
Friday, March 20, 2015 - April 9, 2015 Los Angeles Contemporary Archives 2245 E Washington Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90021 The original 16 scores and their recorded interpretations by the participating artists was exhibited at LACA for the second iteration of Khal. Special guest artist Fariba Safai opened the event on March 20th with a vocal interpretation of …
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