The Romantic Self-Exiles II (2012)
<I ask you to show me the view of Tehran from your Balcony. You look back into the monitor: “ But remember? It’s hard to breath here. Darkness hides it all.” You still showed me the lights, the beautiful lights
The Romantic Self-Exiles II (2012)
<I ask you to show me the view of Tehran from your Balcony. You look back into the monitor: “ But remember? It’s hard to breath here. Darkness hides it all.” You still showed me the lights, the beautiful lights
The Romantic Self-Exiles I (2012)
To build a land; an imaginary home. To push the limits of real and unreal, memory and imagination, locality and universality, self censorship and self- exile, time and space.To put together my most vivid memories on flat planes or 3D
The Romantic Self-Exiles I (2012)
To build a land; an imaginary home. To push the limits of real and unreal, memory and imagination, locality and universality, self censorship and self- exile, time and space.To put together my most vivid memories on flat planes or 3D
The Recitation of A Soliloquy (2012)
From my mom’s diary written during Iran-Iraq war: Her side; Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). Wombs under bombs. Broken promises. To write a diary to share the love, to share the guilt; a soliloquy. My side: Overlapped maps of Tehran and Dallas.
The Recitation of A Soliloquy (2012)
From my mom’s diary written during Iran-Iraq war: Her side; Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). Wombs under bombs. Broken promises. To write a diary to share the love, to share the guilt; a soliloquy. My side: Overlapped maps of Tehran and Dallas.
Over There Is Over Here (2011)
Over There Is Over Here explores the dialectics of time, space, real and unreal to define and critique the position of those who have left Iran in the last 4-5years in relation to current political prisoners in Iran.
Over There Is Over Here (2011)
Over There Is Over Here explores the dialectics of time, space, real and unreal to define and critique the position of those who have left Iran in the last 4-5years in relation to current political prisoners in Iran.
Your Night/My Day Project (2011-2012)
http://yournightmyday.blogspot.com/ Your Night/My Day is a collaborative project curated by Morehshin Allahyari and Eden Ünlüata which excavates the process of cultural exchange- or lack thereof – between Iran and the United States. The works generated through this project highlight the dysfunctional
Your Night/My Day Project (2011-2012)
http://yournightmyday.blogspot.com/ Your Night/My Day is a collaborative project curated by Morehshin Allahyari and Eden Ünlüata which excavates the process of cultural exchange- or lack thereof – between Iran and the United States. The works generated through this project highlight the dysfunctional
Video Instructions: Tips on Censorship (2010)
The governmental and social restrictions, when working as an artist with a politically and socially engaged practice in a country like Iran, equates to the restrictions one might put on herself even after immigration. In order to preserve myself the
Video Instructions: Tips on Censorship (2010)
The governmental and social restrictions, when working as an artist with a politically and socially engaged practice in a country like Iran, equates to the restrictions one might put on herself even after immigration. In order to preserve myself the
The Ministry of Cultural Enlightenment and Propaganda (2010)
The governmental and social restrictions, when working as an artist with a politically and socially engaged practice in a country like Iran, equates to the restrictions one might put on herself even after immigration. In order to preserve myself the
The Ministry of Cultural Enlightenment and Propaganda (2010)
The governmental and social restrictions, when working as an artist with a politically and socially engaged practice in a country like Iran, equates to the restrictions one might put on herself even after immigration. In order to preserve myself the
IRUS Art Project (2008-2010)
http://irusart.org/ IRUS art is an intercultural collaborative art project between the artists in Iran and the U.S. I am the co-founder, organizer, and one of the artists of this project. Our team was consist of eleven artists in Tehran and nine
IRUS Art Project (2008-2010)
http://irusart.org/ IRUS art is an intercultural collaborative art project between the artists in Iran and the U.S. I am the co-founder, organizer, and one of the artists of this project. Our team was consist of eleven artists in Tehran and nine
Finger Quotes- IRUS art (2009)
Finger Quotes is one of the series of collborations that Baily Ferguson and I worked on for IRUS art’s project. Different cultures experience different (or no) meanings for the same body languages. This project specifically looks at “Finger Quotes” as
Finger Quotes- IRUS art (2009)
Finger Quotes is one of the series of collborations that Baily Ferguson and I worked on for IRUS art’s project. Different cultures experience different (or no) meanings for the same body languages. This project specifically looks at “Finger Quotes” as
Recursion (2008)
In Iran every aspect of our lives is controlled by the government, even the most personal issues. There is always a sense of being watched by surveillance cameras. Even when you are inside of your house, in a place where
Recursion (2008)
In Iran every aspect of our lives is controlled by the government, even the most personal issues. There is always a sense of being watched by surveillance cameras. Even when you are inside of your house, in a place where