Elika Hedayat

FIAC - International Contemporary Art Fair, 2010

Video and drawing installation, November 2010 Maison Rouge, Paris http://www.lamaisonrouge.org/spip.php?article747

Short film, VideoHD, 16'44'' 2010 A young woman leaves Iran after that her boyfriend disappears in manifestations at Tehran. Reza, political refugee since 24 years ago, picks her up from the airport. The film shows a story between these two generations. In parallel with this scene, the film follows Negar's story. A young Iranian transsexual regretting his operation, wakes up and tells us his story in an hospital...

This installation consist of six videos showing different incompleted and censured portraits who suffer from the inability to self-express. They transform in an attempt to escape from disappearance, extinction and death; Their metamorphosis is a failure. For the opening, the installation was accompanied by a live performance: myself, in disguise, erasing parts of my drawings. I presented this work for the exhibition Fable et Fragment of honored graduated students from Beaux-art. I was awarded the top prize for the exhibition: The Hiscox Start 2009 award : http://www.hiscox.fr/Default.aspx?tabid=1112 To watch a clip of this work, click here : Here is a still image of videos with their titles : 1&2) Complementary couple, 3&4) Cleaning, 5)Proprietor, 6)Migrator

An experimental documentary based on children's plays and how they react to social and cultural influences. This film has been presented in : -Festival d'Est en Est, Paris -RÉSONANCES 9ES RENCONTRES DU CINÉMA CITOYEN,Paris http://www.magic-cinema.fr/ Watch the video here : Jeu d'Enfant 2008

A love story of an insect man. An experimental animation presented at : - Spark Festival, Mineapolis, US, 2009 - Festival des Nouveaux Cinémas, Paris, 2009 Watch the animation here :

Prise en charge , for the Seminar with Christian Bernard, Director of MAMCO (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), Geneva