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Aug 26 2011

Bookmark: Babi Badalov

by The Contributing Artist

For Bookmark, ArtAsiaPacific invites an artist to spotlight some of their online sources of inspiration. This week we asked Babi Badalov.

Azerbaijan-born, Paris-based artist Babi Badalov is a poet and visual artist who works with objects, paintings, installations and live performances. You can read more on his most recent exhibition here.

1. BABI BASH

In this audio, I am reading poetry that I wrote, and I am being accompanied by music that was written by my friend.

3. Pier Paolo Pasolini

Piere Paolo Pasolini (pictured above) is one of my most favorite screenwriter/filmmakers. I can’t begin to explain how much I like him…

5. Shirin by Abbas Kirostami

After I saw the film Shirin by Abbas Kirostami, I realized that I had never seen such a strong and clear form of film language that depicted this very sad time in the history of Iran.

2. Azeri Police

In this picture you see a display of inhuman brutality by Azerbaijani police towards participants of a peaceful demonstration in Baku.

4. Boards of Canada

The Scottish band Boards of Canada makes  strong electronic music, which is always very impressive to me.