Turbulent

1998

Shirin Neshat

Artwork
An installation view of a screen-based artwork that features a black and white image of a bearded man, with people seated in a purple room watching it
Shirin Neshat – Turbulent, 1998, black-and-white video installation, installation view, Lahore Biennale, 2018, photo: Usman Saqib Zuberi/lahorebiennale.org

Two-channel video installation. A man performs and is applauded on one screen. On the second screen a woman begins to sing disrupting and challenging the male space.

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