About the project

Shoja Azari, Sussan Deyhim, Ghasem
Ebrahimian & Shirin Neshat
Logic of the Birds
Union Chapel, London N1
6 - 11 November 2002

A mesmerising synthesis of live performance and multiple projection intercut seamlessly from stage to screen, Logic of the Birds is inspired by Persian poet and mystic Farid al-Din Attar's 12th century masterpiece The Conference of The Birds.

An epic affirmation that true enlightenment comes from within, Attar tells the story of a flock of birds on a quest for meaning: a journey of hardship undertaken across seven dangerous valleys in search of their leader, the Simorgh.

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