This is the second series of Six Pillars to Persia.
If you are looking for listings please visit www.resonancefm.com Mondays 13.30, or refer to our FACEBOOK group.
This year Six Pillars was ‘Critic’s Choice’ in The Independent newspaper.
In Resonancefm studios and with Sattar
To hear the show live on Mondays 13.30 GMT or repeated Sundays at 20.30 GMT you can tune in on 104.4fm in London, or go to the Resonancefm.com Listen page to hear us live online.
Alternatively search for the Resonancefm player on Facebook and it’s all done for you.
At some later point we will podcast the show on www.Resonancefm.com, (something we do in my spare time and hence are behind with!)
In 05 Six Pillars broadcast Abbas Kiarostami’s talks from the V&A, interviewed author of the best of Iranian blog compilation “We Are Iran”: Nasrin Allavi, took a personal tour of the ‘Persia Exhibition’ at The British Museum with the curator and showcased music by cross-dressing theraminist Armen Ra and experimental musician Amir Baghiri among others.
This season we are commissioning music especially for the series from the likes of Trans Global Underground’s Shug Monkey, and feature outrageous comedian Maz Jobrani, BBC Persian World Service disruptor: Behzad Bolour, wife of Kaveh Golestan: Hengameh live in the studio, interview descendants of not one but two poet laureates film-maker Clive Collier, public figure Camila Batmanghelidjh, beat poets, artists and more….
Many people ask me why it is ‘Six Pillars to Persia’. It is loosely based on a philosophy laid out by one al-Afghani, in the early 1800’s: that man’s “castle of happiness” is built on six pillars of understanding.
Listen out and check the archives for more Iranian sound art, in the next few months, oriental jazz from 1960’s Iranian National TV and the story of the Iranian bear that fought with the Polish army on the WWII.
The series is produced and presented by Fari Bradley: sound artist, musician and trained journalist.
For up-to-date listings and competition advance notes join the ‘Six Pillars to Persia’ FACEBOOK group
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Thanks, let’s keep in touch.
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Hi Fari,
Thanks for getting in touch- have just emailed you.
Hi Fari,
I remember hearing a show where this artist was talking about her artwork..she uses caligraphy but experiments and adds her own touch to it..any idea whom it is..i would like to maybe check out her work on the internet..thanks, Zain
This Monday on Six Pillars, we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to FOUR consecutive art film screenings at the Barbican on Sat Dec 6th.
The series is called the “Untitled” series examines film and video-art from Iran in four main ways. Starting at 13.00 each screening is followed by a Q & A with the artists, mostly from outside the UK.
To win these tickets simply email sixpillarstopersia at resonancefm.com with your answer to this question:
-What does the title Untitled say about a work?
The best answers will be read out on air during Monday’s show and the best two answers win. Winners will be contacted by email, and will also be announced on the show (1st Dec 13.30-14.00).
Read about the screenings of the Untitled series on the Barbican website: http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=8160
Good luck!
Fari
Hi Fari, Thanks for Six Pillars. Did you know that there is a new BBC Iranian TV service (launched today – you probably already know)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
It would be great to see your work on it.
great blog…
wow! i’ve been to yr blog before and used it for my persian/iranian synthpop research! glad you like the mix. i’m half lebanese/polish but an avid admirer of everything persian!