Multi-media artist Stacy Mehrfar presents a collision of sensory experience in an actualization of the emotional terrain of migration. Portraits, landscapes, and still life images are purposely devoid of signifiers to place, time and space, inviting a collective encounter of dislocation. 

In this book group, Stacy Mehrfar discusses, among other things:

Picturing emotion

The purpose of a portrait - is about the subject or the photographer?

Importance of place and how landscape defines us

Subjectivity of color

The  power of montage

The invaluable role of a book desinger

Referenced in the episode

Documentation of TMBTE Immersive Video Installation

A Collective Performance, TEDx Live Stream

GOSTBooks

FIlm Form and the Film Sense

American Palimpsests 

Tall Poppy Syndrome with Amy Stein

Naomi Riddle - Running Dog Art

Also see: Stacy kindly sent links to Avinu Malkeinu renditions and Farsi music from her childhood that are shared below.

Stacy Mehrfar Website | Instagram

Engage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Avinu Malkeinu:

Anne Vetter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFh_I7Axwx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Barbara Streisand: khttps://open.spotify.com/track/25FJtwokc905OMHwyJsEbJ?si=7cc6ee37f6734c05

Phish Live Performance: https://open.spotify.com/track/4dcuDn0bswyBMyPCbLyRLy?si=fe60dcd8b39b4ded

David Grisman and Andy Statsman: https://open.spotify.com/track/055U63Cn1Z5EsFQ7K0LjN0?si=48c67e79a99e4236

Hilton Chilchik: https://open.spotify.com/track/68z5UU7tvw1Q5PTCg09I6z?si=3daa117d949b4881