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Soheila Sokhanvari's Rebel Rebel soundscape

Soheila Sokhanvari, Rebel (Portrait of Zinat Moadab), 2021, © Soheila Sokhanvari.
26 Sep 2022

This soundscape showcases the powerful voices of the female artists from pre-revolutionary Iran that are on display in our Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel exhibition.

The audio extracts are taken from songs, films, monologues, and poems of the time, and have been digitally restored from VHS and vinyl formats. The soundscape is composed by Marios Aristopoulos.

Tracklist:

00:00 Googoosh (singer) – extract from the song Talagh
02:41 Fakhri Khorvash (actor) – extract from the film Bi-Gharar (1973)
03:13 Ramesh (singer) – extract from the song Rood Khooneha
05:55 Molouk Zarabi (singer) – extract from the song Nazanin Gole Maryam
07:07 Mahvash (singer) – extract from the song Did Bezan
08:09 Delkash (actor/singer) – extract from the film Tomorrow is Bright (1960)
10:03 Soosan (singer) – extract from the song Dooset Daram
10:51 Forough Farrokhzad (poet/film director) – extract from the film The House is Black (1962)
11:31 Googoosh (singer) – extract from the song Khabam Ya Bidaram
13:40 Monir Vakili (opera singer) – extract from the song La Laiee
16:31 Pouran Shapoori (actor/singer) – extract from the song Molla Mammad Jaan
19:00 Forough Farrokhzad – extract from her poem Born Again with her own narration
19:44 Googoosh (singer) – extract from the song Hejrat
21:59 Forouzan (actor) – extract from the film Dayereh Mina (1978)
22:49 Ramesh (singer) – extract from the song Labe Darya

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