Peter Saul

First published in 2013 and expanding on the artist collaborative Slavs and Tatars investigation into the disparate events that bookend the 20th and 21st centurythe collapse of Communism in Poland and the Islamic Revolution in IranFriendship of Nations: Polish Shiite Showbiz traces unlikely points of convergence in Iran and Polands economic, social, political, religious and cultural histories. Drawing on multidisciplinary practices encompassing archival research, recordings from 1979 through the 1980s, installations, lectures, performances and print media, interlaced with a good amount of humor, the softcover publication includes essays, interviews, and archival presentations on subjects ranging from 17th-century Sarmatism to the contemporary Green Movement that arose after the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Friendship of Nations has also been exhibited at venues as diverse as MoMA, NY, and Polish Tatar villages on the Byeolrussian border. Since 2006 Slavs and Tatars have used the improbable pairing of humor and geography to shed light on the complex sociopolitics of the Eurasian region.

Publicat pentru prima data in 2013 si care se extinde asupra cercetarii artistice a slavilor si tatarilor in colaborare cu evenimentele disparate care sustin secolele XX si XXI prabusirea comunismului in Polonia si Revolutia Islamica in Iran Prietenia Natiunilor: Showita Shiita Poloneza urmareste puncte de convergenta improbabile in Iran si Istorici economice, sociale, politice, religioase si culturale ale Poloniei.