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Saturday, 15 July 2006 |
Iranian artist, trainees build nests for birds
Iranian earth artist Ahmad Nadalian and a team comprising 13 of his
students built nests based on their original structures and have
started installing them in the gardens and urban areas in a symbolic
move.
“The move has a metaphorical meaning inspired by wonderful Iranian
mysticism and literature,� Nadalian told the Iranian Students News
Agency (ISNA) here on Sunday.
“The homeless and wandering birds are metaphors for homeless man."
“Expansion of the industrial areas, cutting trees, and pollution of the
cities have displaced birds and only a small number of the birds have
adapted themselves to such urban predicaments.�
The nests have been built in three forms for different purposes. The
team is currently placing a number of the nests built in original shape
in natural places surrounding the village of Polur, 65km northeast of
Tehran.
The nests in basket shape are fixed in gardens and country houses and
the painted cottage-shaped nests made of fruit boxes are put in the
cities.
Nadalian and his trainees hope the birds will sit on the perches.
Last May, he held an international land art festival at Paradis, a
center he established in Polur for creation and exhibition of art in
nature.
Artists from Italy, the United States, Germany, Australia, Canada, the
Netherlands, France, Poland, India, Thailand, and China attended the
festival.
Nadalian has created many land artworks in Iran, Italy, and Spain. |
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