Leila Seyedzadeh, A memory of a view from my homeland, hand dyed cotton cloth, found cloth, hand dyed fringe,
ribbon, string, 2018
“No one every told me that grief felt so like fear.” -C.S. Lewis
Loss manifests in many forms. It can be the scraping chasm of a loved one departed, the sudden revocation of freedoms we take for granted or the unwelcome knowledge that our own person is susceptible in a way we had never considered. We grieve these things and it frightens us as we slowly accept, piece by piece, a changed reality from the one we thought we knew. Eventually we adapt, but the loss remains with us forever, altering our perception of the world in an irreversible way.
Desi Mundo lives and works in Oakland, California where, among other things, he is a part time middle school and high school educator. When he spoke to us on March 25 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, he admitted that in a way the slow down caused by the global emergency has opened up more time for him to
work on other projects. His high school students were in the middle of a mural when schools shut down so he worries that some of his seniors won’t have the opportunity to complete the work. But while the world is paused, he has taken time to plan an 8-story mural project that will be painted on the side of a building in downtown Oakland. To hear how he became involved in this project, and much more, listen to the complete interview.
Leila Seyedzadeh spoke to us from her home studio in Brooklyn where she was sheltering in place during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. While home, she is busy preparing for an upcoming show based on stories, music and more from Persian culture. Themes of migration and portable landscape are something she
has been exploring – considering her adopted home of New York City and her native home of Tehran. Seyedzadeh learned from her mother how to create vibrant works with dyed cotton cloth. To hear more about these projects and other work, listen to the complete interview.
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