{"id":12175,"date":"2019-10-18T21:01:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T21:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=12175"},"modified":"2019-10-18T21:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T21:08:16","slug":"sahar-ajdamsani-a-talented-iranian-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2019\/10\/18\/sahar-ajdamsani-a-talented-iranian-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"SAHAR AJDAMSANI – A Talented Iranian Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sahar Ajdamsani is an Iranian singer, poet, lyricist, photographer & writer. She was born in 1996. She published 2 poetry book with name \u201c 5<\/em>th<\/em><\/sup> season of the earth\u201d & \u201c I flew to the moon \u201c. Sahar won international poetry & photography prizes & she known as an artist who invite people to peace, humanity & kindness with her arts & she also known as women rights & human rights activist artist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Tell me more about your poetry book: where was it published and by whom? What kind of poetry does it contain (themes, number)? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first poetry\nbook was titled “5th<\/sup> season of Earth in Iran” and was\npublished by an Iranian publication. It contained 86 poems, a poem that was not\nlicensed and removed, and is currently printed with 85 poems. The theme of the\npoems is more social and many of these social poems are devoted to women’s\nrights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the book,\nI want to say that must say that human beings must have humanity, and that\nmorality and humanity are not detachable from humans, but we live in a period\nthat unfortunately shows the unethical and inhumane behaviors of humans to each\nother, and that kindness and humanity are very pale. This is so strange and unusual\nthat the fifth and new season has been added to the ground, which is neither\nspring nor summer, not fall and winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My 2nd<\/sup>\npoetry book was titeld \u201c I flew to the moon \u201c published now by an Iranian\npublication & it contained 84 poem & the opening celebration of this\nbook will be held on November. The theme of this poems is world peace, no to\nwar, human rights, women rights, love, humanity & kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. You fight for the rights of women in your country using all your talents, music, photography, poetry. When did you decide is important to do that? Why are you doing that?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I write poetry\nfrom the age of eight and from the very beginning I became aware of the\ndiscrimination between men and women. Such things made me very sad and I tried\nto write them. As I grew older, I realized this inequality and oppression more\noften than a spousal child which has become so common in Iran as to be the most\nnatural rights of women that were prohibited under community law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to\nbeing fan of music, I decided to fight for these and other inequities in order\nto uphold my rights, to the point where these struggles go beyond poetry,\nphotography, writing and music, and show these injustices. I struggled in\ncollege at the time of being a university student for the girls who were\nmisused by boys and the university only backed the boys. So I did my best to\nrestore girls\u2019 rights and punish those boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a warrior\nand wish peace and tranquility could be established in the world. I like\neveryone can freely engage in artistic work. I cannot tolerate injustice and\nkeep silence. I am banned from doing a lot of artwork, like music that is\nprohibited for women in Iran and forbidden to do so, and every women singers\nare consider as criminal and offender in Iran. My poems and songs have been\ncensured. Such things are not pleasant and, in fact, they are not logical at\nall and only a kind of patriarchy and bullying, and considering the secondary\nstatus foe woman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fight against\nthese restrictions and prohibitions to bring these rights to all women in my\nland and pave the way for them, hence, women after me can easily follow their\nfavorite arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. How would you describe the situation in your country? What women can’t do? Why nothing change? Who is responsible of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women are\ngenerally restricted compare to men, in the artistic activities in particular.\nFor example, singing is forbidden for women in Iran under the Islamic law.\nWomen do not have the right to be president and even in legal and marital law,\nthe law gives the right to the man and not support women at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our society is\nmale-dominated and the law is also drafted against women and in support of men.\nIf a woman or a girl is even raped or subjected to emotional, financial and\nsexual harassment, they will remain silent because the law and even the\ncommunity consider them as criminal. The men, especially the famous actors,\nsingers, etc., easily abuse their social status to misuse girls and women, and\neven nobody takes responsibility for these men’s corruption. Such conditions\nput a great sum of pain and stress on women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. How can you describe the position of woman in Iran?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alright, as you know there are more inequality and oppression\nagainst women than men, and in third world countries, this oppression and inequality\nagainst women are seen more. I myself live in a third world country too where\neven the most obvious rights of women are ignored. Iran is a patriarchal\ncountry where women are not valued and have many limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.We heard a lot about Iranian Metal bands who are active outside their homeland, but what about the active Rock\/Metal bands inside? And you had a documentary project about the Iranian Rock. Can you tell us about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some music styles are forbidden in Iran like Metal, Hip-hop and\nsome other Rock bands recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reza Yazdani is the best rock star in Iran and has many fans and his work level is very professional and he is in a good position in the world.  The Iranian rock is Persian rock which is the western Soft rock which has been Iranilized. Due to the rules of internal permitted groups, they cannot present pure western rock and therefore they invented Persian rock. With respect to the rock, life, limitation I photographed rock and metal bands in Iran and also from life to training, concerts and etc through documents, and I wanted to show hardship, efforts and their dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Can you describe to us the music concerts mood in Iran?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Male\nsingers\u2019 concerts are very nice and they are held in multi-thousand-person\nhalls and are widely welcomed by public. However they encounter many\nlimitations in their performances due to the rules too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding female singers, since singing is forbidden and prohibition for women, we may be allowed to hold concerts after much effort; concerts just for women. In a 200-person hall where my audience is only women, I\u2019m not allowed to even take photos or film my own concerts. I have no right to advertise my concerts. I can only hold three concerts in a year only in the city of Tehran, the capital and these concerts are not much welcomed. Even most women are not aware there are concerts held for only women. It\u2019s very painful. I desire I can hold concerts in big halls and present my performances like men do in my country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Are you thinking of emigration ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, almost most Iranians think of immigrating because as you know Iran currently has a bad economic and social condition, and our society is in the transition period. But I don\u2019t like to leave my country completely. I like to immigrate and learn more and do my artistic activities freely; and I like to commute to my country as well and do my previous activities. But my main home will be the country I immigrate and I\u2019ll live there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. How can you describe the presence of the Iranian woman in the fields of Art and Music?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian women are very powerful. Despite the limitations,\nthey\u2019re never disappointed and continue working and you always observe the\nIranian women\u2019s successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0But it\u2019s really hard to do activities. There are a lot of limitations and prohibitions; on the other hand there are stresses and concerns such as arrests and imprisonment and etc by the officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9.  Its so sad you can write only abroad and create in your country using pseudonims. How do you imagine your country in 10 years? Do you think something will change?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that the\nsituation will improve, but, given sociological, economic, cultural and\npolitical evidence, it does not seem to improve. Everything is getting worse\nright now, especially in the economic dimension, which has a lot of pressure on\npeople, the price of everything is becoming more expensive every day and life\nhas hardened in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. How your photography exhibition finished in Greece? Tell us more about this event and your book presentation. Why there? How Greek people receive that? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I attended an international photography\nfestival in Greece, and I was the only Iranian winner of this festival with a\nphoto called Release. And the winning photos were displayed in Athens for two\nweeks and the event was welcomed warmly by Greek people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Tell me about your poetry prize?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m first Iranian to be able won WILD sound (festival for poetry) in New York of US in April 2019 with my poem \u201c Censorship\u201d. This poem about women rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12. Who organise it, when and where exactly the presentation was held?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Blank Wall gallery in Athense of Greece, 14-1\nJanuary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. Who is the author of the pictures? Photography is also your passion. Where did you study it? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am the author of the\npicture. I don\u2019t study photography. I study archaeology but I learn photography\nwith myself with my look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. Who do you feel? How do you describe you in some words as a woman and professionist?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I am very saddened by the fact that I cannot\naccomplish the artistic activities that I love and I wish one day I could\nfreely go to these arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singing was\nallowed for women in Iran before the Islamic Revolution, and we had great\nfemale singers who, after the Islamic revolution, had to leave the country to\ncontinue their activities, but after the Islamic Revolution, which prohibits\nsinging under Islamic law for women. Women were deprived of singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women who want\nto sing in Iran must go abroad before being arrested and banned from traveling\nabroad and will be forbidden to go to Iran forever. And these issues are very\nuncomfortable and painful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I hope that one day, I can work freely, sing,\nand hold a concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. What is your next project? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My English poetry book \u201c Censorship\u201d will\npublished soon in US by an American publisher. This is a poetry-photo book,\nevery poem has a photo related to it & I\u2019m honored to have photos of some\nglobally photographers in this book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am currently doing my own music album in\nthe name of \u201c Dreamy World\u201d in the style of declamation (because singing for\nwomen is forbidden, and they can only declamation). The melody of every poem\ncomposed by a composer of a country & 12 countries collaborated in this\nalbum, and the reason for this is to show peace and also all of the world want\npeace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had also the honor to collaborate with\ncomposer from Greece in my album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About this album, I hope that it will be\nfinancially and spiritually support, because at the moment I was only financing\nit myself, and it is very difficult for an independent artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of its poems have been published and we\ncreate music video for each song. And  I\ninvited for the Athens poetry Festival of Greece in November and the Parma Music\nFestival of Italy  in October, for\nperformed this poems & declamation & I will performed in France at\nDecember & Praha film festival at the end of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also have already photographed a documentary photography project from Iran’s rockers, because rock music in Iran is subject to many restrictions and restrictions, even for men. But I’ve also started several projects. I Iran the phenomena of \u201cchild spouses\u201d is very common. Unfortunately girls aged 11 or older marry men who are older than them, and this is a very painful problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, I would like to thank you and\nyour good audience for this interview and I ask the audience to support the\nalbum \u201cdreamy world\u201d that will soon be released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16. What is the message you want to give to the women that are in the same social conditions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will never\nsuccumb to their rights and achieve their wishes, and fight for them as long as\nthey are alive, and undoubtedly, if there are more fighter\nwomen, we will achieve equality and freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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