Building Bridges presents:

Rooftop s

Tehran-Los Angeles, Summer-Fall 2011

Let Us Showcase Your Art & Activism in our Rooftop Exhibits:

We’ve been meet’n across Rooftops of Tehran & Los Angeles since 07, it’s time for you to joined us!

Building Bridges

Presenting YOUR WORK In a series of Rooftop reflections,

Across the Rooftops of Tehran and Los Angeles

If you would like to be included in the upcoming series of Building Bridges Rooftops Tehran-Los Angeles, Summer-Fall 2011, Please send us your work ASAP!

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Building Bridges @ Moca, tehran, fall 2007

The first BBRR was a spontaneous extension of an exhibition Marjan Vayghan curated at Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Arts. The exhibit opened during the fall of2007, showcasing works of 67 Iranian and American artists (including Bill Viola, Farideh Lashaee, Suzanne Lacy, Abbas Kiarostami, Masami Teraoka, .... )

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Building Bridges @ FOWLER MUSEUM, FALL 2009:

Twenty five Iranian and American artists were chosen by a Building Bridges panel of artists, writers and critics. The artists works were then projected across the rooftops of Tehran for the summer. A series of Rooftop Reflections which culminated in a night of talks and presentations at The Fowler Museum, during the Fall of 2009.

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Building Bridges Rooftops, FALL 2010:

When we expanded our Building Bridges endeavors...

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Send Your Art to Marjan Vayghan @ Gmail . com

MarjanVayghan@Gmail.com

Building Bridges Rooftops Tehran-Los Angeles, Summer-Fall of 2011

Building Bridges @ MOCA Tehran, Iran, Fall 2007

The Fowler Museum, Fall 2009

Issue No. I July 7th, 2011

Building Bridges presents:

Building Bridges

Founded by Marjan Vayghan during the Fall of 2004, Building Bridges is comprised of a growing Fine Arts Collective that continues to exhibit alternately amongst the alternative creative spaces of Tehran and Los Angeles. Building Bridges exhibits are informed by this context of movement and flexible citizenship across both geographical and cultural spaces, and the multiple realities these spaces engender. As border hoppers with a mission statement of Building Bridges across borders, we hold underground events across the Rooftops of Tehran and Los Angeles. Our projects are an effort to bridge these diverse communities into a space of creativity and understanding, by employing the arena of creativity and expression through the arts. Building Bridges is an effort to create solidarity and cross cultural understanding. Building Bridges challenges oppression across borders and sanctions, considers interconnectivity and envisions beyond borders.

Send Your Work to Marjan Vayghan ASAP:

If you would like to be included in the upcoming series of Building Bridges Rooftops Tehran-Los Angeles, Summer-Fall 2011, Please send us your work either via e-mail &/or snail mail.

What to SEND Building Bridges ROoftops, Tehran - Los Angeles 2011:

〪Name 〪Title(s) for as many works as you would like to submit 〪Contact info 〪Still images of as many works as you would like to submit 〪$25 Check payable to Marjan Vayghan mailed to:

Building Bridges

1422 Brockton Ave #5

Los Angeles, CA, 90025

A pay pal option is also available. This amount goes towards shipping, creating artist books for each artist and snacks for our BB Panel during the evaluation process. This allows our artists to submit an unlimited amount of work and text to our panel to consider. Everything you send us will be archived.

Building Bridges aspires to accept as many applicants as possible, if your work is not chosen, you will receive constructive feedback from our Building Bridges panel of Artists, Writers, Curators and Critics.

What to SEND BB:

-Artist’s Name

-Title(s) of work

-Contact info

-Still images of your FineArt Practice

-$25Check payable to

MarjanV@BB2011

*Bio

*Artist Statement

* Additional info &/or instructions

* = optional

Vayghan’s Aunt’s Rooftop, After a meeting which took place in Tehran, Iran, 2006

Rooftop, Tehran, Iran, Dawn, 2006

YOUR WORK @ Building bridges Rooftops, Tehran - Los Angeles page

Building Bridges @ Moca, Tehran, Iran, fall 2007

The first Building Bridges Rooftop Reflection manifested spontaneously, as an extension of the exhibition Marjan Vayghan curated at Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Arts. The exhibit opened during the fall of 2007, featuring works from 67 Iranian and American artists (including works from Bill Viola, Farideh Lashaee, Suzanne Lacy, Abbas Kiarostami, Masami Teraoka, .... )

Although the exhibit “Manifestations of Contemporary Arts in Iran,” included 67 Artists and recruited more participants, Building Bridges began it’s Film Festival as a means of including works by additional artists, participants and collaborators. Most of the works showcased in the original screenings were by LA Art Girls as well as works by artist and collaborators from the One Million Signature Group.

What started as a side project increase suddenly and rapidly, after the One Million Signature Group held their Largest Rally to date on the Museum grounds at Park-e-Laleh.

The first series of Building Bridges Screenings were held at Park-e-Laleh after Museum hours. As the restrictions on Art and communication tightened, we began taking our message to the rooftops of Tehran.

The late night screenings were sparked over a conversation in the Women’s bathroom of MOCA Tehran, with a young university art student that had recently joined the One Million Signature Group. The screenings originally titled Building Bridges Film Festival began to take shape at Park-e-Laleh after Museum Hours and slowly started a life of their own as they took over rooftops of Tehran and Los Angeles.

Please visit us @ http://marjanvayghan.com/site/BB.MOCA,Tehran,2007.html for more information

Building Bridges @ MOCA

Tehran, Iran, Fall of 2007

MOCA Tehran, Bill Viola’s Installation, Fall 2009

MOCA Tehran, Abbas Kiarostami Fall 2009

Rooftops 2007 page

Building Bridges @ the FOWLER MUSEUM, FALL 2009:

Forty-four works by Twenty-five Iranian and American artists were chosen by a Building Bridges panel of artists, writers, curators and critiques. The artists works were then projected across the rooftops of Tehran for the summer. A series of Rooftop Reflections which culminated in a night of talks and presentations at The Fowler Museum.

During the Summer - Fall of 2009, Building Bridges Film Festival curated a series of three screenings in Tehran, Iran. Aside from a few setbacks (arrests and a few personal tragedies), we were able to return to Los Angeles and host an event at the Fowler Museum.

Building Bridges @ The Fowler Museum

Forty-four works by Twenty-five artists, Summer-Fall 2009

The complete list of all Building Bridges Film Festival,

2009 participants:

Sharareh Atari

-“It sometimes Happens,” transgendered life in Iran.

Roonak Ghoseiri

- sweet wayfarer

- my room

- my blue room

- Amsterdam

Mina Keshavari & Kamran Heidari

- by the end of a perfect day.

Hadi Afarideh

- The Father

- The Morning ceremony

Vahid Nasirian

- Three drops of blood

- Hafez

- Untitled

Hadi Afarideh

- The story of Gordafarid

Mohamad Shirvani

- Circle

- Candidate

- To Consent

- Souvenir

- The Cherries Which were Canned

- Iranian Conserve

- Calm City

Mark X Farina

- Some Have Called Me “The Snakeman”

- Castle of Bags takes Days to Build, un MXF film, 2009

- Flying Tigers

Ellina Kevorkian

- Plagued by the Nightingale

- Giant Cleopatra

Flora Kao

- Electric Sky, 2007

Dana Duff

- Lena 15 (part 1)

Jeffrey Cristiani

- Amazing Grace

- Purpose

Paige Tighe

- Page Blur

Andy Manoushagian

- Sorry

Nathalie Sanchez

- untitled, 2009

- Layers, 2009

Cari Ann Shim Sham*

and Rachel Lincoln

- January

Stephanie Allespach

- Ceiling

Parichard Holm

and Bret Bourman

- building bridges

Parichard Holm

- I like you

Tricia Lawless Murray

- Caught in a labyrinth, 2009

- L’ Autoportrait, 2009

Ofunne Obiamiwe

- Rhythm of Lifecycle

- Niger Delta Mantra

Elyse Reardon-Jung

- Untitled

Malak Quota

- Set in Solitude

Cheri Gaulke and Laurel Klick

- Feminist Art Workers: Heaven or Hell?

Sisters Of Survival 1981-1985

- “End of the Rainbow”

Rooftops 2009 page

Breakdown of rooftop reflections Summer-Fall 2010.

Dedicated to women's rights and human trafficking issues

Upon Artists request names and information of Iranian Artists and participants have been concealed to insure their safety and ease as collaborators.

The following is the list and the order in which works by the American artists were presented:

-Short film by LA Art Girl Tricia Avant. (1:00 min)
-"Collected Recollections of Human Trafficking" (8:20min)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdql9qZxhUo

-Universal Declaration of Human Rights (English) (4:32 min)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlrSYbCbHE

-"Good Neighbor," by Cesar Cervantes from Bell high school (1:38min)

-"Flesh," Directed by Kristin R. Lauterbach and Produced by Christina Lee Storm
-Universal Declaration of Human Rights clip in (Farsi) (4:32 min)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85EaZIjen68

We end BBRooftops by beginning a discussion about human rights, sex trafficking & issues facing countless (kidnaped) young women, as they are currently among the largest exports & human rights violations in the Islamic Republic.

The sites & dates for the BBRooftops2010 will remain undisclosed at this time.

We at Building Bridges feel for our Iranian collaborators. Although we do not have permission from the artists to divulge the details of their participation at this time, we THANK: Members from Iran’s One Million Signature Group, LA Art Girls and ALL involved in creating, sharing and generating BB.

Building Bridges Rooftop Reflections 2010

Tehran - Los Angeles, Summer-Fall, 2010

1.BBFF10.Tricia.used.mov

2.FLESH_ART_06-09_10V2.mp4

3.COLLECTED_RECOLLELTIONS.mp4

4.2010 HW Film Festival.m4v

WS219324.10.07.17.WMA

YouTube- The Universal Declaration of Human

YouTube- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Farsi).mp4Rights.mp4

Rooftops 2010 page5

Step 1: Your ART:

Digital documentation of Your Creative Practice. Bio. Contact info.

Step 2: Mail to Building Bridges

1422 Brockton Ave # 5, LA, CA, 90025

[ Mail us ur wishes, ideas, ART & Support ]

Step 3: Digital materials are collected, organized for Rooftops Exhibits. Prints are made for BB Artist Books.

Step 4: Building Bridges Rooftops

Materials are shipped internationally for viewing.

Step 5: The information is distributed

Step 6: We gather on Rooftops, generate creative solutions, and find empowerment in each other & Art.

-Digital Documentation of your Artistic practice as well as optional Printed materials for your Building Bridges Rooftops Artist Book.
-Bio, Resume and any other info you would like to share with someone interested in your practice, including your contact information.
-Twenty-five dollar check to cover shipping, printing costs and etc.

Send Your Art 2 BB

Rooftop s

Tehran-Los Angeles, Summer-Fall 2011

MarjanVayghan@Gmail.com

Issue No. I July 7th, 2011

Building Bridges presents:

Building Bridges Film Festival 2010 Deadline: April 30, 2010

Please contact Building Bridges for extensions/ questions: contact@BuildingBridges.me

2oO9, Screening Submissions,

Building Bridges, Tehran, Iran

Call For Videos and Artist Packets Submission / Building Bridges Tehran, Iran 2oO9

Building Bridges

__ Film ___ Video ___ Artist Registry Preferred Due Date: April 19, 2009

Please include: Bio, Artist Statement, title of work(s), check, still frame shots of ALL film(s) or video(s) submitted, as well as a letter to your audience in Iran (the letter is optional)

Title (s) _______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Artists Name _______________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City _________________ Zip __________________ Email ______________________________________

Cell _______________________________ Web site __________________________________________

optional

Bio: _______________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Artist Statement: _______________________________________________________________________________________

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Film/ Video Submissions: for a fee of $25 you can include up to 3 films/ videos for our judges to consider.

1. •Everyone who is accepted will be shown at all three different locations:

•Building Bridges will also include the names, bios, artists statement, links to sites and still frame shots of ALL film or video submitted in our on line catalogue.

•For all Film/ Video Submissions PLEASE make sure to include a still frame shot of your film or video for our catalogue.

•FREE initial Artist Registry included with the Film/ Video Submissions fee.

Only Join the Artists’ Registry for initial fee of $20. Page includes bio, artists statement, contact info & up to 4 images (additional pages may be added free of charge to include more pix- up to 20 images). Update fee is $10 for adding new images or text.

Please make your checks payable to ‘BB c/o Marjan Vayghan’ and mail to:

Building Bridges.me

1422 Brockton Ave # 5

Los Angeles, CA, 90025. Please visit www.BuildingBridges.me for more details.

Please feel free to contact Marjan if you have any questions: marjan.v@gmail.com, www.MarjanVayghan.com

This form and the information you provide will be made available to your audience in Iran (please specify on your form - if you like to NOT have your information included in our in gallery catalogue).

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