Sadeghian, Peyvand

Dual

ISBN: 9781910691939
London, England, UK: Sick Fly Publications, 2023. Limited Edition. Sewn binding. “Transitional spaces between worlds have long unsettled us, inspiring a primal state between awe and horror. They have existed across ages and societies; River Styx of Hades, Christian Limbo, Muslim Barzakh, or Hamestigan in the Zoroastrian faith of ancient Iran. For me, it is a very modern and profane space that shakes me to my core – airports.” From the opening paragraph, an excerpt that is both a bit humorous and tremendously honest. Based on her critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe one-man show of the same name and specially commissioned, the multi-dimensional artist Peyvand Sadeghian presents: Dual. Sadeghian is an incredible talent, describing herself as both a performer and performance maker, she is both the art and the artist, and this essay proves her to be intensely intellectual – though, is good art ever made without being intensely intellectual? In the 31st publication of Tangerine Press’s Walking Wounded Series, Sadeghian writes on duality and the space that exists between. Writing through the lens of a UK-Iran dual national, Dual explores binaries of race, citizenship, and national identity in the midst of personal political crisis, crafting a truly awakening essay that challenges us to consider the binaries that have been constructed around us, the ones we construct around ourselves, and around others. Sadeghian is determined to expose the systems and narratives that constrain our existence as expansive, borderless beings by illuminating the complexity of her own existence, explaining how the circumstance of having blood both in the UK and Iran had her detained, mistreated, and misrepresented. A beautiful and honest perspective of what it’s like to exist not just as a person, but a non-consenting political actor – just because the world demands you must always be one thing or the other. This essay, along with the rest of Sadgheian’s portfolio, is informed by personal experience (most obviously), geopolitics, social theory, and a profound sense of empathy. This limited edition also features the author’s signature at title page in both Roman and Persian alphabet. From the editor Michael Curran’s Tangerine Press, a publisher that continues to provide the “& Beyond” of our collection. As stated before, Dual is the 31st of 53 publications belonging to the Walking Wounded Series. Sewn Wrappers: First Limited Edition, First Printing, limited to 53 copies. This is copy No.15/53, as hand-written in red ink at colophon. Book is As New. As New. [Item #6325]

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