Saint Abdullah, Eomac & Rebecca Salvadori

present “A Forbidden Distance”

In the second chapter of “The Crossing” — the first is “Białowieża" by Chris Watson and Izabela Dłużyk, also a part of this edition of Semibreve — we return to the notion of border. In particular to its political aspects, as an arbitrary division of a territory that creates an impenetrable line of demarcation. What stories can these spaces and their supposed impenetrability tell us? What fears haunt those who try to survive? “A Forbidden Distance” poses the questions on the meaning of an individual's life when faced with the need to move, forced into the nomadic currents of our times. The audio-visual project itself is an example of collaboration that transcends borders and nationalities — brothers Mohammed and Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh (Saint Abdullah) are Iranian-Canadian, Ian McDonnel (Eomac) is Irish, and London-based filmmaker Rebecca Salvadori is Italian-Australian — all working together for the first time.