In the latest episode of the Art Persists podcast, we speak to filmmaker, curator, and member of AVAH Collective, Parwana Haydar. We discuss Parwana’s work and the Afghan artists who have influenced her the most. We then talk about her participation in AVAH Collective, connecting Afghan artists around the world and working to recall the art history of Afghanistan. AVAH’s latest exhibition, CHILDHOOD(S) - of memories in art, is on at Haus Coburg until 10 September.

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About

Parwana Haydar is a London based filmmaker and curator. She holds a BA honors in Social Anthropology and Persian from SOAS, University of London. She is a graduate of Other Cinemas film school and of South London Gallery's Re:Creative film school. Her artistic practice is driven by the personal and contemplate the visual aesthetic of the diasporic experience. Her films and video installations explore the gaps between realism, surrealism and the speculative. She is a member of the Afghan Visual Arts and History Collective (AVAH) an independent curatorial research collective and multimedia platform that gathers, collects and curates art coming from Afghanistan and its Diaspora.

Learn about AVAH Collective: https://avah.info/

Follow Parwana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parwanahaydar/