Current resident artists Nesrine Khodr and Elnaz Javani to collaborate to create a public performance at Hyde Park Art Center, based on the poetics in the sounds and experiences of language. Khodr and Javani will accompany each other on a reading in Farsi, Arabic, and English to generate this one-time situational work. This event is a program of the Jackman Goldwasser Residency at the Art Center.

Caption for image: Elnaz Javani, “My effigies”, 2018, hand-sewn muslin and black thread with Farsi calligraphy, 27 x 12 x 8 inches