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My name is Mahboobeh Rajabi and I am a professional Digital Artist, Theatre Maker, Filmmaker, Writer, Creative producer and Creative Entrepreneur. I have been working with in the UK and internationally since 2010, working with different communities and cultures.

I am proud to be working in Manchester and Greater Manchester for all these years and now I am looking at building creative businesses led and own by communities. I am interested in creating successful models of sustainable businesses that profit goes directly to the people who are leading the community to continue their work, rather than being in stuck in grant system and rebuilding themselves every 2-3 years, rather than celebrating their success and achievements, and only try to survive.

To check out my works, let’s go to:

About Me

I am designing and creating the first literature map of Manchester and thi is my latest video 2020 for the Archive Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFGpLduOrw&t=1s

I started a new series ‘Our New World’ during lock down as both video and podcast documenting the situation which is both a creative way to express my creative response and also document the situation with different new prospective we are experiencing. Below is the link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpvQlLna0C3MzyURuO2aByWBzicQyK5PY

I had a maternity leave from end of 2018 to end of 2019 t give birth to my son but I also screened my documentary for International Women’s Day 2018 which is the only documentary capturing 100 years celebration for the rights to vote for women in he UK and below is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayBlJLg3UBs&list=UUi07LWkRFiiaA_IUQpE4NvQ&index=26 My latest performance/live art piece ‘Dancing The Lash’ 2018 as part of Flying Carpets performance in Manchester Museum. I used the mix of digital with my animation, live music, dance and performance.

http://can.uk.com/current-artistic-programme/exodus/refugee-womens-theatre-programme/flying-carpets/

I am also developing the live art piece ‘After Persepolis’ since 2017 with hAB as part of Divergency programme that i will update soon. http://www.divergencymcr.org/current/artist/rajabi/

My latest documentary was for TANDEM projects, part of European Cultural Foundation (ECF):

Bright As The Moon

Here is my documentary for 'Platform For Palestinian Arts' project led by 'Outside The Frame Arts':

'Platform For Palestinian Arts

Here is the trailer for ‘The Snow Dragons’ working with HOME and CAN as my 3rd years being the Digital and Media Artist for The Youth Art Programme:

‘The Snow Dragons’ Trailer

Motion Graphic Photography for ‘Hidden Tales, from The Rochdale Underground’ Project in partnership with Petrus as part of Rochdale Festival of Literature and Ideas:

No Mean Feet

My previous production is for ‘Testimony’ project working in Contact Theatre and Z-Arts:

Testimony

Then it’s the video that I produced is for Mancunian way organization and their project “Change 4 Good”:

Change 4 Good

Also two Promo videos that I produced for “What’s Done is Done” performance as part of Youth Art Program in Manchester that will be on 19th of March at HOME MCR and Kamosi Juniors Group working with 3 primary schools in Leigh.

What’s Done Is Done - CAN Young Artists #CYA

Kamosi Performing Arts Group 2015-16

My latest Documentary is also based on Homeless issue in Manchester that the link is below:

A Few Questions, More

The trailer for the first documentary is also in the link below:

Homeless issue in Manchester

My good friend and great writer Marcela Hervia’s who was with me in our journey to make the homeless documantaries has a great writing workshop that I highly recommend everyone to check her blog:

Marcela Hervia Creative Writing

Also my video works showreel from 2011-15 is available online:

Mahboobeh’s Video Showreel

And the link below is my latest documentary for Refugee Women Theatre program that called “Rule 35″ and as highly successful in Manchester:

Rule 35

#promovideos #documentary #showreel #mahboobehrajabi #manchester

My latest animation is Same Not Lame which premiered in the Community Spirit event by CAN:

Same Not Lame

Another one is a stop motion animation for “First Person” digital portrait project run by Community Arts North West and filmonik. please check the link below:

Artist’s Mind

My show reel of 2013 till January 2016 is available in the link below:

Mahboobeh’s Animation Showreel

The link below is my latest VJ works I created by Resolume, Arena for the “Rule 35″ performance in May 2015 :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGoI-mHSujw

My latest graphic design and web design is for the performance “Rule 35″ that is the link below :)

http://mcrblogs.co.uk/rule35

P.S the image at the top is my website of graphic works and a stop motion animation for a gaming blog that you can see in the link below:

http://mcrblogs.co.uk/immortalgaming/

Inhale The White [Title May Change]

I grab the space

I learned to grab the space

And paste it to all my life surface

From where the title which is my name

I …

I take a walk in the space

Into the dark dots

I breathe their blackness

And inhale the new white surface

I …

No matter how I absorb the black

And how many spelling of people will be left

I inhale with confident

I am proud of my spelling mistakes

I …

I learned to not use the past backspace

But to highlight the words of experience

And just start writing again …

Putting words and sentences down

I …

Spaced my words carefully

Listen to my life keyboard

Enjoy the pressing the bottoms

Let the words to fly

I …

Believe in smile emoji

Dots as a new beginning

Words as flexible truth

And the surface as unlimited opportunities

[To be Continued] 01/02/2016

Confessa In The Present by Mahboobeh Rajabi

Scene 1: Confessa In …

Just under the neck going through the middle of my body Where it’s called “chest” Is heavy …

Is so heavy that’s like someone put a heavy rock on it I can still breathe, but it’s heavy I punch it while I inhale and exhale deeply But it’s not working I close my eyes for just listening to my body and my breathing

My chest is going up, inhaling the universe of thoughts The plan is to exhale the “Nothing” And just the thought of breathing

Inhale …. Deeply … Stop …

Stop … How can I destroy a universe? I never learned that The Big Bang didn’t end yet

So how can I expect myself to end it?

My chest is heavy

Full of universes that couldn’t get destroy by exhale

I just need to confess it

And the thought of Confessa and it’s melody

Dragging my soul to the galaxy of broken but healed hearts

My pen is is like an ocean now

Each wave is a word, same time of my breathing It lands the words on the sands:

I, whom has her name, carved in the stone of Love Made the sky roar when that question from the winds stays with no answer

I teared that way of the oxygen that made my heart beat I listened to all person’s words My heart was just beating I teared it from what was the Hard Air My heart was just beating I teared from those capillaries of quiet

The sky roared in my throat the clouds rained on my reaped chest It washed the blood and clots of death Then I put my heart back to my chest deep breath finally heard my beatings

The love is pouring from the sound of the lenses of the camera of the Earth I submit all the timeless moments full of new existence feelings and being submitted on this earth my name was at the top it was timeless and free

Scene 2: The Present

The owth to that look,

Staring to the paralyzed far

That tied up to the part part of the soul

To the melody of time and trauma

Every note has a saying

From a love story

The word from the past, incredible memories

Or a paralyzed trauma

From nowhere of drama

I crossed the time

The sky got happy

Universe crossed my soul

The galaxy became a memory

The names began

The words woke up

A journey started

A quiet and far journey

A backpack full of questions

A spite from the past

And a cup of missing feelings and pains

But this journey started

Even though my backpack

Got heavy with pain

I continued the way

Whatever from the capacity of an intense past

My shoulders cried

I continued the way

But got in my way

My full backpack

As the time got heavier

The body got slower

Again had to stop and think

Make a decision, from the beginning

Sometimes at the climax of tolerance

It’s like you were just rounding around yourself

All the way through …

It was hard … It was hard

I asked myself

Where am I in the story?

Where is this part of the drama?

Full of pain …

With “ A 100 No Answer Questions”

With a backpack drawn on to my life stories

With a glance on my backpack

My shoulder couldn’t bare

I felt on my knees

In the climax of pain

I put on the ground

My full backpack

Whatever was the way

Became easier to take

Till today

I didn’t take

Any backpack

For no reason …

I continued the way … the drama … the trauma

I continued

22/05/2016

So the list below are the links of my video works:

I am designing and creating the first literature map of Manchester and thi is my latest video 2020 for the Archive Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFGpLduOrw&t=1s I started a new series ‘Our New World’ during lock down as both video and podcast documenting the situation which is both a creative way to express my creative response and also document the situation with different new prospective we are experiencing. Below is the link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpvQlLna0C3MzyURuO2aByWBzicQyK5PY

Here is also ‘Our New World’ Podcast Series: https://anchor.fm/mahboobeh-rajabi

I had a maternity leave from end of 2018 to end of 2019 t give birth to my son but I also screened my documentary for International Women’s Day 2018 which is the only documentary capturing 100 years celebration for the rights to vote for women in he UK and below is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayBlJLg3UBs&list=UUi07LWkRFiiaA_IUQpE4NvQ&index=26 My latest performance/live art piece ‘Dancing The Lash’ 2018 as part of Flying Carpets performance in Manchester Museum. I used the mix of digital with my animation, live music, dance and performance.

http://can.uk.com/current-artistic-programme/exodus/refugee-womens-theatre-programme/flying-carpets/

I am also developing the live art piece ‘After Persepolis’ since 2017 with hAB as part of Divergency programme that i will update soon. http://www.divergencymcr.org/current/artist/rajabi/

My latest documentary was for TANDEM projects, part of European Cultural Foundation (ECF):

Bright As The Moon

Here is my documentary for ‘Platform For Palestinian Arts’ project led by 'Outside The Frame Arts’:

'Platform For Palestinian Arts

The trailer for ‘The Snow Dragons’ working with HOME and CAN as my 3rd years being the Digital and Media Artist for The Youth Art Programme:

‘The Snow Dragons’ Trailer

Motion Graphic Video for ‘Hidden Tales, from The Rochdale Underground’ Project in partnership with Petrus as part of Rochdale Festival of Literature and Ideas:

No Mean Feet

My previous production is for ‘Testimony’ project working in Contact Theatre and Z-Arts:

Testimony

Mancunian way organisation and their project promo video “Change 4 Good”:

Change 4 Good

Two Promo videos that I produced for “What’s Done is Done” performance as part of Youth Art Program in Manchester that will be on 19th of March at HOME MCR and Kamosi Juniors Group working with 3 primary schools in Leigh.

What’s Done Is Done - CAN Young Artists #CYA

Kamosi Performing Arts Group 2015-16

The link below is my latest short film about homeless issue in Manchester:

A Few Questions, More

The first part and the trailer of this documentary is in the link below:

A Few Questions

During my works as a digital artist/animator/editor I produced some good quality promo videos and documentaries in Community arts North West (CAN) in Manchester in different projects. I worked with many people with different backgrounds and from all over the world:

The link below is my latest trailer for “Rule35″ performance:

Rule 35

Below is my Animation based on Japanese mythology and my own research, More information is available in my research page:

Amaterasu, Goddess of The Sun

Below is my promo video for “Duct tape University” A Co-Design project for JISC summer school:

Duct Tape University

And the link below is my fifth episode of my documentary series for “CAN Young Producers” :

CAN Young Producers

My first stop motion animation as a promo video for the first year of “Do I.T.” Digital media course in CAN:

DO I.T. in Stop Motion

And the link below is one of my Edit works for “New Beginning” performance by Youth group in Wigan:

New Beginning

And last but not least the show reel of my animation works from 2013-2015:

Mahboobeh’s Animation Showreel

#video #documentary #animation #showreel #MahboobehRajabi #Mahboobeh88

The links below will take you to see the examples of my VJ works I create with images with different projects. My works depends of what is the concept and then I can create unlimited abstract with real images or motion images. The example below are the ones with real images:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu8agvlJI5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wenwUWFUuIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVkq3IPfJY8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGoI-mHSujw

I put my VJ works that I created by Resolume Arena in my vimeo account that is just the link below:

https://vimeo.com/mahboobeh

I currently also work as Digital Marketing Admin which is afetr experiences I have achieved working as a “Social Media Coordinator” in the Artistic projects I was involve from 2013 and it gave me lots of Experience in promoting Art works and projects. :)

Get in touch with me about my social media works by clicking on “contact me” to access to my research and works.

Big Announcement:

I have two of my short flash fiction published in Elevator Fiction book by Common word this year in September.

My background as a writer?

After attending “Big Writing for Small World” by English Pen and CAN (Community Arts North West) in 2011 my poem “My Maria” published as the first piece in the book. Then I started “Seasons Writing Project” workshop every season for one year to teach and create stories and look at different writing styles for anyone who are interested. With three seasons workshop I worked with more than 15 people and we wrote and worked on short stories, biographies, poems & novels.

I recently finished my poems and its ready to publish as a small poetry book soon.

Along with my community projects as a Digital and Media Artist with CAN, I am currently working on my writing projects with Commonword that you can see from the link below:

http://www.cultureword.org.uk/commonword-writers-gallery/mahboobeh-rajabi/

Please get in touch with me through my “Contact Me” if you also doing creative writing and want to do a project.

More news will be added here soon :)

2021 My latest Research and Development project:

Made in Persia is a research and development project looking at the history of Iranian Women's position in society before and after the revolution in 1979, through the journey of the 3rd generation born after the revolution.

In 1979, revolution in Iran resulted in the toppling of the monarchy and led to the establishment of an Islamic republic. Women’s roles and status in society radically changed from that moment on.

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