Sara Rajaei

video, tekenen, film, Experimenteel, Artistiek onderzoek

My oeuvre consists mainly of short films and video installations that study the notion of time in all variations and subsets. My work discusses the passage of time concerning historical incidents, human tragedies, and catastrophes from the standpoint of the witnesses or victims, reflecting on their observations, recollections, and memories; questioning, doubting, and reconstructing the events. Their narratives are, therefore, tangible, untainted, and highly personal. Today more than ever, our perception and observation of the world depend on the short headlines that we absorb without enough attention or affection. Oral history, in this regard, becomes a significant source, presenting not only an actual incident but a story to which one can connect, a story often therapeutic, both for the teller and the listener.

A Day Of Amnesia (2004) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 5':40"
Charismatic Fates & Vanishing Dates (2006) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 3':20"
Shahrzad (2009) - Documentary, Color, Sound, Duration 25'
A Leap Year That Started on a Friday (2010) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 6':30"
1978 the 231st day (2012) - Single Channel Video Installation, Black & White, Sound, Duration 6':30"
The Motel in the Well (2016) - Short Film, Made in Collaboration with Neva Lukic, Color, Sound, Duration 23'
A Composition in Blue, Red & Other Colors (2017) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 15':30"
The Headless Trees (in development) - Feature Film, Produced by near/by film, seriousFilm, Alambic Production & Ladybirds Films Supported by NL Filmfonds, Mondriaan Fund, DKC Rotterdam
City of Poets - 2024, Short Film, Produced by near/by film, Supported by NL Filmfonds, Mondriaan Fonds, DKC Rotterdam, VevamFonds, Het Cultuurfonds/Tijlfonds,
yet another leap year - 2022, Single Channel Video Installation, Supported by CBK Rotterdam & Het Cultuurfonds/Tijlfonds

Berlinale Short 2024

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Locatie: Berlinale

Whodunnit,

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Locatie: Het Archive

No.2, Fluxibell.Structurs

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Locatie: Fluxibell.Structurs

Off screen June

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Locatie: Worm

Now Festival

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IFFR, 2022

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Locatie: IFFR

Name Takes Podcast

Locatie: Kunstinstituut Melly

Vrijplaats, 2020-21

Locatie: FilmForward

Art stations of the cross, 2020

Locatie: de Grote of Lebuinuskerk

Some Bodies; Narratives around the body, 2019-20

Locatie: ICC

Going back to Forget, 2017-18

Locatie: Tent

To the sea, a lake or another river, 2017

Locatie: Pogon Gallery

From an Unknown Destination to the Rest of the World, 2017

Locatie: HULU

In the gaze of Panoptes, 2016

Locatie: Stiftelsen 3,14

-(IN)Constancy Of Space, struggle for identity, 2016

Locatie: Arti et Amicitiae

Circulating AIR, 2016

Locatie: Stiftelsen 3,14

Saudade Noumenon, 2016

Locatie: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

(IN)Constancy Of Space, 2014

Locatie: The Ring Gallery/HDLU

Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, 2003-04

Prix de Rome 2009

Locatie: De Appel Arts Centre

IFFR, 2018

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