The Myth of Layla
The Myth of Layla is an interactive video installation by ITP alumna Amy Khoshbin, happening at Mana Contemporary from Sept 25 - Nov 12, 2016 with live reality show-style performances occurring this Sat Oct 8 promptly at 4:30pm and Sat Oct 15 at 6pm-- an artist talk with Carmen Hermo, Brooklyn Museum Curator, follows this performance. This piece is about political ideology, celebrity-obsessed media, and an Iranian-American activist named Layla based on Khoshbin's personal history. Set in the not-too-distant future, a big-brother media conglomerate called The Network runs the country's government and is at war with a fictionalized Middle Eastern country akin to Iran.The Network invites Layla and Mana audience members onto their new reality show, Activists in Sexy Solidarity (ASS).
Here's the trailer:
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All performances are free, about an hour long, and the content is strangely reflective of what is happening in American media with the current 2016 election and the anti-Middle Eastern "war on terror." Sat Oct 8 is an Open Studios event at Mana Contemporary, and Sat Oct 15 will have a party immediately following the 6pm performance with DJ's and free drinks all night!
Sat Oct 8 at 4:30pm
Sat Oct 15 at 6pm with artist talk and afterparty following
Mana Contemporary
888 Newark Ave
Jersey City, NJ