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X of august
Director, playwright & Set Designer
2018- Pars Building - Tehran , Iran
A performance for Cancelation and Preservation Exhibition (Ebgha va Elgha) Curated by Mahoor Toosi & Aidin Bagheri.
This performance was about one of most controversial events in Iranian contemporary history.
What happened in Iran in August 1953?
A Coup or a Rebellion?
Dependency on the West or Patriotism?
Conspiracy and Treason or Loyalty to the country?
How should an “Ordinary Person” analyze the history based on the available documents, while every piece in this storm of data is considered a proof?
“X of August” is a personal experience for finding the truth in the records and archives which are available to an ordinary person, and answering this question; how can “X” change to “The Truth” given the distortion of information for ideological purposes?
Even the latter statement might be a judgment based on distrust! But when and how the trust was lost? Is it all a delusion or we have to solve a puzzle full of mysteries(X) to find the truth?
