Iranian artist and film maker Shirin Neshat’s 'Dreamers' opens this week at the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. Her first solo show on the continent comprises two new video installations, Roja and Sarah – two thirds of a trilogy exploring the world of women’s dreams

本周在约翰内斯堡开幕的“梦想家”是由伊朗艺术家和电影制作人希林·内沙特(Shirin Neshat)执导的一场新节目。她在古德曼画廊和非洲大陆举办的第一次个展将于今年推出两种新的视频装置，Roja和Sarah。

这都是一部探索妇女梦想世界的视频设备三部曲的一部份（第一，幻想

根据Neshat的说法，萨拉讲述的是一个女人在回忆和呼吸毁灭的过程中展开的旅程，因为她在梦中面临毁灭、暴力、种族灭绝和死亡的残余物。莎拉的焦虑和恐惧.迫使她投入到想象自己的死亡中去。即使作品没有设定在特定的地点或时间，但从基调上看，冲突世界的背景是显而易见的。也许今天，甚至明天？

“在我看来，对梦的理性解释似乎从来没有恰当地捕捉到它们在人类心灵中的真实意义和意义，”Neshat继续说。因此，Roja和Sarah试图理解生活在我们内心深处、但很难用语言解释的更潜意识的情感和心灵世界。

'I have been haunted by the power of dreams for years,' says Neshat. 'I am fascinated by how in a state of dream, the boundaries in between madness and sanity, reality and fiction, conscious and subconscious are blurred and broken.' Pictured: a still from Roja, 2016

'In my opinion, rational interpretations of dreams never seem to properly capture their true meanings and significance within [the] human psyche,' she continues. Pictured: a still from Roja, 2016

According to Neshat, Sarah is 'about the unfolding journey of a woman as she recollects and breathes annihilation, as she faces residues of destruction, violence, genocide and mortality in a state of dream'. Pictured: installation view

keywords:Video art, Exhibitions

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