J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Stacy Mehrfar

Multi-media artist Stacy Mehrfar presents a collision of sensory experience in an actualization of the emotional terrain of migration. Portraits, landscapes, and still life images are purposely devoid of signifiers to place, time and space, inviting a collective encounter of dislocation. In this book group, Stacy Mehrfar discusses, among other things:Picturing emotionThe purpose of a portrait - is about the subject or the photographer?Importance of place and how landscape defines usSubjectivity of colorThe  power of montageThe invaluable role of a book desingerReferenced in the episodeDocumentation of TMBTE Immersive Video InstallationA Collective Performance, TEDx Live StreamGOSTBooksFIlm Form and the Film SenseAmerican Palimpsests Tall Poppy Syndrome with Amy SteinNaomi Riddle - Running Dog ArtAlso see: Stacy kindly sent links to Avinu Malkeinu renditions and Farsi music from her childhood that are shared below.Stacy Mehrfar Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithAvinu Malkeinu:Anne Vetter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFh_I7Axwx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkBarbara Streisand: khttps://open.spotify.com/track/25FJtwokc905OMHwyJsEbJ?si=7cc6ee37f6734c05Phish Live Performance: https://open.spotify.com/track/4dcuDn0bswyBMyPCbLyRLy?si=fe60dcd8b39b4dedDavid Grisman and Andy Statsman: https://open.spotify.com/track/055U63Cn1Z5EsFQ7K0LjN0?si=48c67e79a99e4236Hilton Chilchik: https://open.spotify.com/track/68z5UU7tvw1Q5PTCg09I6z?si=3daa117d949b4881

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