Lynette Wallworth - Damavand Mountain

Damavand Mountain is an elegant and simple video installation based on imagery filmed in the small Iranian mountain village of Poloor, north east of Tehran, during an artist residency in 2004.

A series of images track the cycle of a short lived poppy flower, a woman and a snow covered mountain. Gradually, the visual correspondence between the woman in chador, the flower, the clouds and the mountain peak emerge. The cloth of the chador is carved by the wind. The clouds caress the mountain peak. The poppy’s fragile skin is transformed by light. Invisible forces cause something to dance, our eyes note the movement but distanced by physical space our skin does not feel the cold or warmth of this invisible force. Only the garments in the piece: petals, chador and clouds reveal the evidence of their response to a force that shapes them daily. They adjust to it, yet there is a sense of endurance here – in human nature and in nature itself.

Exhibitions

17 Mar – 17 Jun 07 | National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
5 Jul – 28 Jul 07 | Regarding Fear and Hope | Monash University Museum of Art, Clayton, AU

Commissioned by New Crowned Hope
Produced by Forma
Supported by Australia Council Fellowship New Media Arts Board and Visual Arts Board
Photos: Colin Davison, courtesy of the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK

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