Reza Abdoh
Azimi, Negar / Malakooti, Tiffany / Vazquez, co-published with Bidoun, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and MoMA PS1, Michael C. / Fox, Charlie / Haslett, Tobi / Johnson, Dominic / Krasinski, Jennifer / Mauss, Nick / Wiet, Elizabeth / Malakooti, Tiffany / Abdoh, Reza
Over a brief, twelve-year career, the Iranian director and playwright Reza Abdoh broke all of the conventions of American theater, pushing actors and audiences past their limits to create hallucinatory, at times nightmarish, dreamscapes shot through with humor, song, and an unlikely spirituality. His productions addressed the bitter political realities of his time-the systemic devaluation of black life, governmental indifference to the AIDS cr...