Podcast: Whale Tears and Mole Tunnels. A Graphic History of the Molenwijk district
In this new episode of the Framer Framed podcast, we have an in-depth conversation with Golrokh Nafisi and Ahmadali Kadivar, the writers of the graphic novel Walvistraan: A Love Story in A Time of Extinction and Isolation.
The graphic novel Walvistraan intricately weaves the history of the Molenwijk neighbourhood in Amsterdam-Noord, exploring themes of industrialisation, environmental impact and community resilience through the lives of fictional mole and whale families. In this podcast, Nafisi and Kadivar share their creative process, discuss the rich historical context of their work, and reflect on how their personal experiences and artistic collaboration have shaped this narrative.
Walvistraan is the result of a project by Golrokh Nafisi in collaboration with Ahmadali Kadivar developed during their residency in Framer Framed’s Werkplaats Molenwijk in 2023.
How to order the publication
You can buy Walvistraan: A Love Story in A Time of Extinction and Isolation in the Framer Framed bookstore or order the publication online in our webshop.
Golrokh Nafisi is a visual artist whose artistic practice involves designing alternative ways of documenting time and location, shaping a new imagination of time and space to give us direction in the present. Nafisi is interested in discovering new forms of collective action involving bodies and human ideologies.
Ahmadali Kadivar is a writer, researcher and the director of Sedākhāne, the most robust archive of folk music in Iran, building resources in understanding the literary, historical and anthropological aspects of folk music culture.
Walvistraan (2023) by Golrokh Nafisi in Werkplaats Molenwijk. Photo: © Lina van Idsert / Framer Framed
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Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.
- Het Parool - The red past of Amsterdam Noord is covered extensively in Walvistraan
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Presentation: Walvistraan
By Werkplaats Molenwijk artist in residence Golrokh Nafisi
Agenda
Reading Walvistraan in Werkplaats Molenwijk
Afternoon reading session of the publication by artist Golrokh Nafisi and writer Ahmadali Kadivar.
Book Launch: Walvistraan
Official book launch of Walvistraan: A Love Story in a Time of Extinction and Isolation by Golrokh Nafisi and Ahmadali Kadivar, written during their 2023 residency in Werkplaats Molenwijk
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Ahmadali Kadivar
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