Arash Nassiri on memories of Tehran (Souvenirs)

›All of the outdoor ones where shot in the streets and public spaces, taking generic locations: gas station, grocery store, beach… The guiding principle to construct the video was to select one location per night and use the space of each location to stage the souvenirs. For example, at the grocery store the phone cabin is one story, then the street another one and the corner shop of the store with the bag of crisps a third. The different places were used like a physical timeline to play the souvenirs. The same way you have a timeline on editing software, I used the distances and shapes of locations to script which way the actors would walk. I then used these paths to select the souvenirs I had recorded previously and that were going to be played by the actors.‹ Arash Nassiri

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