Tara Aghdashloo

Tara Aghdashloo (Persian: تارا آغداشلو‎; born 5 January 1988) is an Iranian-Canadian writer, director, producer and curator based in London, UK. She is a published author of her poetry collection, and has worked as a print and broadcast journalist in Persian and English-language media, before transitioning to films.[1]

Tara Aghdashloo
Tara Aghdashloo in 2004.
Born (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian, Canadian
Websitewww.taraaghdashloo.com

Film and television

As a journalist, director, producer, Tara has worked with Channel 4 News [2], BBC World [3] [4], Clan Productions[5], and Manoto Television [6]. She wrote, directed and produced Value of Contemporary Art [7], Riksdag,[8] Ticket documentary-series,[9] and the seven-part docuseries City Map,[10] among others. She was a founding co-host and producer on the first Persian-speaking all-woman talk show, Samte No on Manoto TV channel.[11] Starting in 2017 she independently produced and directed on her debut feature documentary, Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father. [12][13]. In 2019, she directed the music video 'Circles' for Choubi by Yasmine Hamdan [14] and commercials [15] as well.

Writing

Her poetry has appear in a number of English[16] and Persian[17] magazines, and her poetry collection, This is Not a Pomegranate, was published by Shahrvand Publications in 2011.[18] Her essays, articles and reviews have been published in The Guardian,[19] REALLIFE Magazine,[20] The New Inquiry,[21] Tank Magazine,[22] Autodidact Magazine,[23] Ibraaz,[24] Fashion Magazine,[25] ArtRabbit,[26] Ottawa Citizen, Future Fossil Flora Magazine,[27] Reorient Magazine,[28]BULLETT[29] and Capsule 98 [30] among others. Tara wrote the lyrics for King Raam's debut solo album, Songs of The Wolves.[31]

Curation

Tara co-directed and curated The Invisible Line (TIL) Gallery in East London for two years and exhibited around 25 shows during that time.[32][33] In 2017 she curated a retrospective of Portuguese artist Cristina Rodrigues in Castelo Branco Museum.[34] She frequently reviews art especially by Iranian and Middle Eastern artists.[35]

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gollark: You *can*, however, open the Lua prompt, and if the capacitor is connected somehow, do, I don't know, `component.capacitor.getEnergyStored()`.
gollark: Not a thing.
gollark: I think your problem may be unrealistic expectations about computers.

References
  1. "NASTY WOMAN: Tara Aghdashloo (Writer & Filmmaker)". The Cultural Curator. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. "Channel 4 News Instagram in Iran, 2018". Channel 4 Youtube. December 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. "BBC World Restoration at V&A". Vimeo. December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. "BBC World London's Arcola Theatre". October 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. "Clan Productions". Clan Productions. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. "Manoto Television". Manoto Television. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. "Value of Contemporary Art,2016". Channel 4. December 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. "Riksdag: Democracy in Sweden, 2016". Manoto. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. "Ticket Series: Stockholm (Ep 4), 2015". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. "Small World Series: Barcelorna (Ep 7), 2014". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. "Samteno – Speaking Publicly About Cancer. 2014". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. "Aydin The Movie, 2020". Aydin The Movie. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. "Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father".
  14. "Circles for Choubi,2019". Vimeo. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  15. "Henriette Von Gruenberg,2019". Vimeo. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  16. Aghdashloo, Tara. "Things I Have Heard". Literal Vagrant. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  17. Aghdashloo, Tara. "Poems in Pishomare". Persian Gulf Club. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  18. Taheri, Farah (2011-06-30). "این یک انار نیست". Shahrvand. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  19. Aghdashloo, Tara (14 February 2014). "Hadi Hazavei: 'Art doesn't have a border'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  20. Aghdashloo, Tara (20 April 2017). "New Skin". Real Life Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  21. Aghdashloo, Tara (17 December 2017). "The Floral Is the Political". The New Inquiry. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  22. Aghdashloo, Tara (2017). "A dark contrast". Tank (73). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  23. "Contributors". Autodidact Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  24. Aghdashloo, Tara (27 February 2014). "Notes on Women in Iranian Art". Ibraaz (6). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  25. Aghdashloo, Tara (18 March 2013). "Exclusive: Vivienne Westwood lets us into her London studio to talk Greenpeace and saving the arctic". Fashion. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  26. Aghdashloo, Tara (28 February 2017). "Baddest Babes of Iran". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  27. Aghdashloo, Tara (4 September 2017). "'Roya's Delight: A Short Story'". Future Fossil Flora Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  28. Aghdashloo, Tara (22 October 2018). "East Meets West". Reorient Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  29. Aghdashloo, Tara (4 June 2013). "Introducing Helen Chadwicks Provocative Art to a New Generation/". BULLETT. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  30. Aghdashloo, Tara (28 October 2020). "The day we moved: Director Tara Aghdashloo reflects on her childhood home in Tehran". Capsule 98 Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  31. "King Raam". Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  32. Zarandi, Oliver (8 September 2014). "Exhibition review: Tell Me Again at Invisible Line gallery". East End Review. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  33. "Homa Arkani exhibition". YouTube. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  34. Burrell, Drucilla. "Cristina Rodrigues Retrospective". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  35. Aghdashloo, Tara (30 July 2013). "Presenting the Nation's Art". Majalla. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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