It’s the middle of June and you’re at an airport bar. She’s perched in a corner drinking gin and reading about revolution in dark times. She’s got a line from a poem tattooed on her arm, and you ask her who wrote it. She makes you strawberry jam and tells you about Sylvia Plath and other women who lived through wars, contemplated divorce and bought a lot of fancy dresses. It’s almost winter now, and you bring her home to meet your parents. They think her name is interesting.
A darkly comic performance installation about displacement, divorce and dark times, Iranian Girlfriend combines solo performance, video installation and runway fashion to unpack the untold history and precious objects of a woman on the run, challenging America’s narrow sense of self while offering fresh perspectives on womanhood and belonging.
Presented by Built4Collapse in collaboration with New Georges.
