Yalda Afsah
Born in 1983, Berlin, Germany
Overview
German-Iranian artist and filmmaker Yalda Afsah explores in her work the extent to which filmed space becomes a construction through cinematic means. This formal characteristic is conceptually mirrored in her recent works on various cross-species relationships, which reveal the inherent ambivalences within these reciprocal dynamics. Using the examples of traditional forms of bullfighting, classical dressage, pigeon breeding, and most recently, the ritualistic taming of feral horses, Afsah’s film...Read more