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REVISIONS Shahrokh Yadegari: Through Music
September 10, 2007–July 6, 2008
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley
2911 Russell St., Berkeley
Continuing a centuries-old dialogue between Jewish and Islamic musical traditions, guest curator Lawrence Rinder, dean of the college, stages a multichannel sound installation incorporating a new musical composition by Shahrokh Yadegari. Extending the work of Rinder's grandfather, Cantor Reuben R. Rinder (1887–1966), the composition blends singing in Hebrew, Farsi, and English with classical Persian and electronic music. The piece incorporates such diverse elements as the melody from one of Cantor Rinder's scores, text from the ancient Jewish priestly benediction, and two poems by the Sufi philosopher Rumi.
REVISIONS is a series of exhibitions where artists, curators, and scholars are invited to create experimental installations inspired by the Magnes's permanent collections. For this exhibition, Rinder highlights a pair of visual objects selected to underscore the show's themes, including an engraved brass bowl from 18th–19th century Russia and a rotating selection of Persian miniatures on paper.
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