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PROYECTO ARTISTA

CHRONICLES FROM MAJNUN
UNTIL LAYLA

AZIN FEIZABADI

Chronicles from Majnun until Layla is a ﬁ lm project structured in three
phases: “The Museum of Modern Iranian History” (2011–2013); “Layla
and Majnun” (in preparation); and ﬁ nally a documentary/feature ﬁ lm
(in preparation). Each phase has its own format and mode of presenta-
ción. The ﬁ rst consists of architectural designs, maps, and ideas
regarding the “Museum of Modern Iranian History”; miniatures and
mockups of the eventual ﬁ lm’s characters are placed within these
materiales. The second phase ﬂ eshes out the literary and imaginary
personae that will appear as the ﬁ lm’s main characters. These initial
two phases of the project act as models in that they prepare us for the
main ideas, characters, acción, and set design of the ﬁ lm. The ﬁ lm
itself will show a man and woman (lovers) visiting the museum. En
the ﬁ lm the lovers will appear both as themselves and as Layla and
Majnun, characters adapted from various classical Middle Eastern love
tales. As they walk through the museum and interact with the muse-
um’s representations of key moments in the history of Iran, the couple
engages in dialogues about stories, memories, and dreams that they
share both individually and collectively.

The ﬁ rst stage of Chronicles from Majnun until Layla ("El
Museum of Modern Iranian History”) incorporates and works off of
excerpts from a third-year Iranian high-school textbook entitled Con-
temporary History of Iran and forms the basis of the following section.

doi:10.1162/ARTM_a_00072

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