Shirin

Neshat

premieres

her

new

film

trilogy

'Do

U

Dare!'

in

Venice

Shirin Neshat premieres a new film trilogy this May alongside, curated by Ilaria Bernardi and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, organized by Associazione Genesi (founded by Letizia Moratti in 2020) and Banca Ifis, and presented by Gladstone and Lia Rumma Gallery and in collaboration with Magonza publishing house. This appears alongside the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia ‘In Minor Keys’.

Inspired by Neshat’s fascination with the tragic story of Nasim Aghdam, an Iranian-born media personality whose life and artistic practice resonated with Neshat, ‘Do U Dare!’ explores one artist’s gaze upon another, and the connections that emerge between them. Shot in three different socioeconomic landscapes in New York, the three films investigate the paradox between women’s inner and outer worlds, reality and illusion, and American society and the Iranian female perspective.