Exhibitions: FILM, ART & POETRY

'Just half a Cup'  
​DIRECTED BY
​NADYA MAHDI 
Screened at the 2008 Real Screen Islington festival, which was themed about home and what it means. "Just Half a Cup" is the story of Noreen Curley (aka Baby Curley). A film by her granddaughter, Nadya Mahdi. A study of why Baby Curley abandoned her homeland, Ireland, to live in England in the 1930's and why, despite living in the UK for nearly 70 years, she never really viewed the UK as her home. The film was shot over a period of 10 years to honour her memory.

'Money Talks' 
​DIRECTED BY
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​NADYA MAHDI  

​'Just half a Cup'  
​DIRECTED BY
​NADYA MAHDI 
A film about women's tales of financial survival where their toil is often invisible. with nationalities featured ranging from Ireland to Iran. Projected onto a frame 'Money Talks' formed part of the 'Out of Circulation' exhibition by North London female collective GDP. It works in tandem with the other art in the exhibition, both sculpture and embroidered statements which address the invisible elements that to to make our economy and thus our GDP. Out of Circulation was chosen to form part of the Islington Exhibits borough wide art exhibition.  

Sep 2013

In September 2013 Nadya's  poetry installation "Take Away"  was chosen along with 12 other artists from the  Islington Exhibits show to take part in the "Women's Work" Exhibition run by Rowan Arts 
At:  Resource for London
356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA
12th September - 31st October 2013

Work on show was by emergent and established Islington artists exploring women's cultural, social, political and domestic lives.

July 2013

Nadya's first poetry installation was chosen as part of  Islington Exhibits and displayed at the restaurant Medcalf's art space at 38 Exmouth Market, EC1 R 4QE. The exhibition consisted of 6 female artists who Nadya works with to form the collective entitled  GDP. 
The work on display ranged from sculpture, printmaking, video, photography, embroidery &  poetry to performance


'Dear Bibi'is a poem based on Nadya' Iraqi grandmother who she met once
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