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calling into the void

In "Calling Into the Void," six artists living in the United States and the United Kingdom and originating from Middle Eastern and Islamic cultures were selected to reconstruct a fractured world, creating sacred spaces for new experiences. The artists selected employ installation and performance art, video, photography, and textile work, drawing from their aesthetic origins to fill the void that is created through separation. Funded by an Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts grant; a program of Arts Council Silicon Valley.

Exhibition Dates: September 29 - October 29, 2005

Reception: Friday, September 30th, 7pm to 9pm, with a performance by
Reza Aramesh. Contact: (408) 295-8378

Reza Aramesh - Untitled, performance still from the series,
What if I Told You the Truth?, C-type print, 40" x 48"

Said Nuseibeh - Young Man in Prayer at the Dome of the Rock, 1996, photograph, 18" x 24"	Nazanin H. Shenasa - The Mystics Have Fled the Garden, 1996, installation dimensions: 92" x 65" x 72", dyed silk chiffon and heat transfer on silk
Hasan Elahi - No. 2 (Airline meals, December 2002 - August 2003), photographic installation downloaded from ongoing web project, Tracking Transience	Taraneh Hemami - Passage, 2004, shattered glass and ashes
Suha Araj - Palestinian Altar, detail, 2004, mixed media installation	Hiba Kalache - Untitled drawing #1, 2003, ink on paper, 18" x 24"

Artists:
Nazanin Shenasa, M.F.A. (Curator) is a textile artist and art historian based in
Saratoga, CA.
Suha Araj, B.A. is a visual and performing artist based in San Francisco, CA.
Reza Aramesh, M.A. is an independent curator and installation artist based in
London, U.K.
Hasan Elahi, M.F.A. is a digital media artist based in New York City, and Associate Professor at Rutgers University, Department of Studio Art, NJ.
Taraneh Hemami, M.F.A. is an installation artist based in San Francisco, and is currently Visiting Artist at the Center for Art and Public Life at the California College of Art,
Oakland, CA.
Hiba Kalache, M.F.A. is a sculptor and installation artist based in Oakland, CA, where she recently received her M.F.A. from the California College of Art.
Said Nuseibeh, B.A. is an independent photographer based in San Francisco, CA who travels extensively throughout the Middle East photographing Islamic Architecture.

Sara Raza, M.A. is an independent curator and writer/editor for West and Central Asia for
Art AsiaPacific Magazine.

Artist Lecture: Tuesday, September 27th, 5pm at the San Jose State University School of Art and Design.

Sara Raza - discussing the work of Reza Abdoh and Ibrahim Quraishi examining experimental theatre and infiltration of space, which falls into the realm of experimental theatre.
Reza Aramesh - on his recent installation and performance works in the U.K.
Hasan Elahi - Privacy and Identity in the age of Orwellian technology, as expressed in his ongoing web-based project "Tracking Transience".

works/san josé
451 south 1st street • san josé, california 95112• 408.286.6800
hours: t,w,f,sat 12pm - 4pm and th 12pm - 7pm