Telling Stories takes an experimental approach to storytelling, exploring
ways of narrating personal and collective stories in visual media, while focusing on the
development of projects and artistic initiatives that involve the community on various levels from
process to presentation. Emphasis will be on interdisciplinary processes from assemblage and
installation, to sound and performance, creating projects that use research into histories of place
and people as their inspiration and conceptual ground. Presentations, guest lecturers and field
research will examine ways in which art has contributed to the articulation of ethnic identity,
exploring the power of storytelling in bringing communities together, expanding understanding
and creating social change.
ways of narrating personal and collective stories in visual media, while focusing on the
development of projects and artistic initiatives that involve the community on various levels from
process to presentation. Emphasis will be on interdisciplinary processes from assemblage and
installation, to sound and performance, creating projects that use research into histories of place
and people as their inspiration and conceptual ground. Presentations, guest lecturers and field
research will examine ways in which art has contributed to the articulation of ethnic identity,
exploring the power of storytelling in bringing communities together, expanding understanding
and creating social change.
- Instructor: Taraneh Hemami