PROJEKTOR

Fari and Varga Hosseini, Plush Astro Violet (2022), synthetic polymer paint, texture paste, gloss and satin varnish on canvas, 50.8 cm X 76.2 cm, collection of the artists.

Fari and Varga Hosseini, Jalousie (2022), synthetic polymer paint, texture paste, gloss and satin varnish on canvas, 50.8 cm X 76.2 cm, collection of the artists.

In strained, testing, times memory seems to cast our earlier experiences of cinema in an idyllic light, filtering it with an amber glow, a golden tinge, soft Spielbergian orange.   

ANTICIPATION

As a teenager in the 1990s, my family and I resided in a small, semi-rural town on the outskirts of Melbourne: Pakenham. At that time the closest cinema complex was almost an hour’s commute: Dandenong Village Cinemas. A visit to the movies was, therefore, a pilgrimage, a hallowed ritual planned well in advance of actually arriving at the megaplex,

Fari and Varga Hosseini, Venetian Vanilla (2022), synthetic polymer paint, texture paste, gloss and satin varnish on canvas, 50.8 cm X 76.2 cm, collection of the artists.

Fari and Varga Hosseini, Ashville Silver (2021), synthetic polymer paint, texture paste, gloss and satin varnish on canvas, 45.7 cm X 61 cm, collection of the artists.