Woman Life Freedom is a neon-based artwork by Taravat Talepasand that is currently on display at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
“Woman, Life, Freedom” is a movement which supports basic rights and freedoms for women in Iran. The movement began in 2022, after Mahsa Amini was arrested for not wearing a hijab in accordance with Iranian government standards; she subsequently died while in police custody.
In recognition of this movement to recognize women’s rights, Iranian-American artist Taravat Talepasand developed this neon sculpture, featuring the phrase in both English and Farsi. The piece was first displayed at YBCA in 2023 as part of her solo show, طراوت | TARAVAT, and remains on view as public art in our lobby.
The Rite Spot Cafe in San Francisco is a great little venue in the Mission District for food, drink, and live music. We saw our friends in Past Present Future play there a couple of weekends ago and featured them in a recent CatSynth TV episode.
The beautiful Dahlia returns, this time sitting under the desk with a 1010music Blackbox portable sampling synthesizer and sundry audio gear. From our friend Rob Robinson via Facebook.
She is the true wizard of the studio, if any magic happens at all it’s because of her. 🙂
It’s rare that Sam Sam ever gets up on one of the synth desks, so when she did I rushed to snap some photos. This was the best one, with her standing on our vintage Octave CAT (safely covered) and inspecting the Arturia MiniBrute and RackBrute modular setup.
A full account of synth brands in this photo can be found in the tags.