Rapture

Rapture 1999 Released

Directed by Shirin Neshat

· 9 min

 

Rapture 1999 Released

Directed by Shirin Neshat

· 9 min

 

The installation features two black-and-white projections. One depicts a group of men dressed in Western suits and the other captures a group of women veiled in chador. In the work, Neshat takes on entrenched gender stereotypes by placing the men in a structured, architectural fortress and the women in a wild, natural desert. The viewer is positioned between these dichotomies, with the videos displayed on opposite walls, and is forced... see more

The installation features two black-and-white projections. One depicts a group of men dressed in Western suits and the other captures a group of women veiled in chador. In the work, Neshat takes on entrenched gender stereotypes by placing the men in a structured, architectural fortress and the women in a wild, natural desert. The viewer is positioned between these dichotomies, with the videos displayed on opposite walls, and is forced... see more
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RELEASED
Jul 29, 1999
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
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