BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2350214:Event:19696 DTSTAMP:20100314T191803Z SUMMARY:Imaginary Knots; Celebrating the cultural origins of Persian c arpets DESCRIPTION:TICKET INFO: FREE tickets will be available ONE HOU R prior to the start of the show at the LACMA box office, starting at 6 p.m. Show starts at 7. First come, first served, based on availabili ty. (600 seats)\nYour RSVP on Farhang.org doesn't guarantee tickets.\n ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------\nThree of Iran’s most creative and inn ovative artists present an evening celebrating their rich Persian heri tage and the cultural roots they draw upon.\n\n\"\"Green Volume by Mamak Khadem Ens emble\nSinger Mamak Khadem seeks to explore the intersectio ns of Eastern and Western musical traditions. By collaborating with tr aditional performers from Iran as well as world-aware instrumentalists from the West, Mamak hopes to inspire people from around the world, p articularly the young, to contemplate, observe, and celebrate the valu e of Persian heritage.\n\nImaginary Knots a Collaborative productio n by Hamid Saeidi and Shida Pegahi\nProducer - Composer Hamid S aeidi & Choreographer Shida Pegahi present the premiere of Imaginary Knots, a multimedia production exploring the cultural or igins of Persian Carpets. Like an intricate silk carpet, this multimed ia project weaves live music, dance and video art as it explores aspec ts of Persian culture.\n\n\n\n\nProject Management: Bita Shafipour (So CiArts Productions)\nShort Film Director and DP: Afshin Javadi\nDancer s: Shida Pegahi, Doriss Martel, Wiley Naman Strasser\nMusicians: Greg Ellis (Percussion)- Hamid Saeidi (Santoor)\nVideo Performer: Sheila Va nd\nVideo Editor: Alborz Kamalizad\nVideo Musicians: Reza Abaee(Geicha k)- Mehran Khalili (Electric Guitar)\nLighting Designer: Sohail Najafi \nCostume Designer: Karyn Wagner\nSet Designer: Marika Stephens\nPaint ing on Fabric: Farbod Sadjadi\nGraphic Designer: Arash Kolahi\n\nIm aginary Knots is a special event as part of A Tale of Two Persian Carpets: The Ardabil and Coronation Carpets \nDating to the first half of the 16th century, LACMA’s two spec tacular Persian carpets, both the gift of J. Paul Getty, have only rar ely been exhibited due in part to their size and their sensitivity to light. Now, for the first time, these large and sumptuous carpets will be shown together, affording visitors the opportunity to see two of t he world’s most renowned Persian carpets and to learn something of t heir fascinating history before and after they left Iran.\nNovember 14 , 2009 – January 18, 2010\nSpecial thanks to the following for their generous contributions to this event:\n--Mr. Ephrahim; GUITY IN TERNATIONAL\n--Mr. Helmi; DAMOKA\n\n

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