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Permanent Madness

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

November 3, 2006

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This piece is a reinterpretation of the 12th century Iranian love story of Layla and Majnun, in which the lovers are driven insane by their longing. This classic tale has impacted the Eastern audience as Romeo and Juliet had impacted the Western audience. This interpretive performance will showcase historically-based Iranian garments and backdrop created by Shenasa, symbolic props, along with interactive storytelling with the audience. Also featured in the performance is Oakland-based performance poet Roham Shaikhani, and writer Azin Arefi.

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  Tickets: Free

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  Dates:
  November 3, 2006

  Times:
  8:30pm

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  San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  520 S. 1st Street San Jose, CA 95113

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  Metered street parking on First Street in front of museum; parking lots at Market and San Salvador.

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  • Event Name: Permanent Madness
    "Love, madness and poetry"
    Review posted by: John Rickman from Cupertino CA USA, Feb 26, 2007
    

    At the core of the installation are three elaborate robes, each one representing a different character in the story, red for Layla, the lovely and unobtainable object of Majun’s desire, blue for... Expand

    At the core of the installation are three elaborate robes, each one representing a different character in the story, red for Layla, the lovely and unobtainable object of Majun’s desire, blue for Majun, the lover driven to madness and poetry by desire. The three robes are bound together by white gossamer ribbons or streamers. The delicateness of the bonds that chain the two lovers together help convey a sense of the fragility of love, sanity, and life and also explore the fine line between ecstasy and madness. One welcome outcome of viewing the work is that it leaves one with a desire to know more about the tale that inspired it and the art that grew out of that story. What one discovers is a world as exotic as the stories of Scheherazade and as familiar as a soap opera. Like the story that inspired it there is more to the installation than what can be dealt with here and, also like the story, it is worth experiencing. Collapse

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