TCF Ep. 584 - Farah Salem & Asha Iman Veal

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

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🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part is an exhibition that challenges ideas of who is worth remembering and forgetting in the stories of a place. It is currently being exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in (Chicago) Asha Iman Veal is a curator for the show and serves as the Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), and faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Farah Salem is a Chicago-based artist and art therapist/counselor. Her multidisciplinary practice is rooted within photography and expands into video, performance, fiber, and installation. Websites Museum of Contemporary Photography Asha Iman Veal Farah Salem Sponsors Charcoal Book Club Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download it for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame by contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	I recently began mourning the deaths of an aunt and an uncle.
0:13.7	It was not only sad because of their passings,
0:16.5	but that their deaths left so many of their stories untold.
0:21.9	The stories of their lives, whether it was in New York City or Miami,
0:26.3	were about more than what they ended up doing for a living.
0:31.7	Their stories were about how they changed as immigrants into a new world
0:36.2	and how that world changed because they were there.
0:41.1	Beautiful Diaspora You Are Not the Lesser Part is an exhibition that challenges ideas of who is
0:49.4	worth remembering or forgetting in the stories of a place.
0:53.9	It is currently being exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.
0:59.0	Asha Imanville is a curator for the show and serves as an associate curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and is faculty at the School of Arts Institute of Chicago.
1:13.6	And our other guest is Farah Salam, a Chicago-based artist and art therapist counselor.
1:22.6	Her multidisciplinary practice is rooted within photography and expands into video, performance, fiber, and installation.
1:31.6	I hope you enjoy this conversation. This is your buddy and X, and welcome back to the Candid Frame.
1:42.7	Well, Farah and Asha, welcome to the candid frame.
1:47.0	I'm really pleased to have a chance to speak with both of you.
1:50.0	But first, Asha, let's start with you and tell us about the exhibition, Beautiful Diaspora, You Are Not the Lesser.
1:59.0	Awesome.
2:00.0	How did that come about? Yeah. So beautiful diaspora, you are not the lesser. Awesome. How did that come about?
2:01.6	Yeah.
2:08.9	So beautiful diaspora, you are not the lesser part, is on view right now at the Museum of Contemporary Photography here in Chicago.
2:11.9	It'll be on view until late June.
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