Nika Khanjani (Persian: نیکا خانجانی), is an Iranian-Canadian writer and video artist based in Montreal. She is a follower of the Baháʼí Faith.[1] She began making short experimental and essay films in 2006.[2] Her titles include Free World Pens (2015), Iran to Texas (2011), Texas, My Brother, and Me (2009), Current (2007), Copyright (2006), and Montreal spring, shrouded in mist (2012).
Nika Khanjani | |
|---|---|
| نیکا خانجانی | |
| Born | Iran |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin, Concordia University |
| Known for | Video art, writing |
| Notable work | Free World Pen, Current, Copyright |
| Website | www |
She explores her own memories and family history to explore broader themes of displacement and social struggle. The autobiographic poetics of her films are often contrasted with imagery of empty or sparsely populated spaces and layered soundscapes.
"The Khanjani family moved to Texas from Iran in 1979, just before the revolution. They soon felt the sting of racism as the Iran hostage crisis (dramatized in the 2012 film Argo) took hold of the American imagination."[3]
Khanjani studied English literature at the University of Texas. She moved to New York City in the late 1990s, where she worked for the Brooklyn Film Festival. She then returned to Iran for a couple of years to teach at the "underground university" — the Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education, a school for members of the oppressed faith, Iran's largest religious minority.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Torn from their Country: The Banned Baha'is (sic) of Iran". Iran Press Watch. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Siavosh Khanjani: In Iran, Baha'is (sic) are deemed unfit to attend university, hold public sector jobs, or teach". National Post. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ a b "RIDM: Nika Khanjani's Free World Pens captures moments for incarcerated brother". Montreal Gazette. November 12, 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
External links
edit- "Nika Khanjani". Kindle Project. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- "(Montréal, arts interculturels): Nika Khanjani (Montréal)". MAI. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
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