Today, dance has become a form of resistance.
Hannah Darabi
Through her project Why Don't You Dance?, Hannah Darabi explores Iranian folk dance as a space for memory, transmission, and resistance. As a recipient of the Prix Elysée, the artist reflects on the origins of her work, the circulation of images, and how an ordinary gesture can become a political act.
Interview conducted by Julie Dayer
© Elise Gyger/Photo Elysée/Plateforme 10
"I think about photography sort of less for its potential to convey beauty and be seductive [...] and much more for its sort of potential to instrumentalize a social movement."
Photographer Deanna Dikeman (1954, United States) is the guest of Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director of Photo Elysée, and Stefano Stoll, Director of Images Vevey, as part of a special series of…
