Video art / adapted theatre text
Motherly
A mother remembers a nurse who dies after helping an injured protester: a theatre text transformed into video art during lockdown.
Madaraneh
English finding-aid title; Madaraneh is the original title in Latin transliteration.
Published by 3 May 2020 · author-interview evidence
The work and its context
In a 3 May 2020 interview, Rabihavi describes adapting a text originally written for theatre after pandemic restrictions changed the conditions of performance. Sousan Farrokhnia reads the text. Rabihavi identifies Ethan Jahan as editor and explains that his work also included image choices, visual ideas and production collaboration. Source 45
The fictional nurse goes out to help an injured protester and becomes a victim. A mother’s recollection makes the absent character present, while the writing deliberately leaves the nurse’s gender unspecified. The interview connects the work to the November 2019 protests and the pandemic; it does not establish a runtime, exact first-release day or sole directing credit. Source 45
Creative credits
- Text and adaptation
- Ghazi Rabihavi
- Text read by
- Sousan Farrokhnia
- Editing, image development and production collaboration
- Ethan Jahan
Outward viewing links
Interview-linked video · YouTube
The video linked from Rabihavi’s Motherly interview. Source 45
Sources and distinctions
Kayhan London: Motherly interview with Rabihavi
Rabihavi interview, 3 May 2020. Describes adaptation of his theatre text, Sousan Farrokhnia’s reading and Ethan Jahan’s editing, image and production contribution. The nurse’s gender is deliberately unspecified.