In The Realm of Rare and Analogous Accidents
I have made this video for an invitation by Peter Doroshenko, the director of Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art for Los Americanos exhibition , 19 January – 31 March 2013. “Inspired by the larger than life cinema history of Texas,
In The Realm of Rare and Analogous Accidents
I have made this video for an invitation by Peter Doroshenko, the director of Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art for Los Americanos exhibition , 19 January – 31 March 2013. “Inspired by the larger than life cinema history of Texas,
Your Night/My Day Project (2011-2013)
Your Night/My Day is an online and digital intercultural collaborative art project between artists in Iran and the U.S. which began in the Fall of 2010. Curated by Morehshin Allahyari and Eden Ünlüata, this project explores the process of cultural
Your Night/My Day Project (2011-2013)
Your Night/My Day is an online and digital intercultural collaborative art project between artists in Iran and the U.S. which began in the Fall of 2010. Curated by Morehshin Allahyari and Eden Ünlüata, this project explores the process of cultural
Re: Apologies to the many wonderful Iranians (2012)
Re: apologies to the many wonderful Iranians Standing behind the windows; Unable to reach or to pass through. The past and present meeting in one spot; Places and objects slowly fragmenting, deforming, fading in and out, coming together, splitting apart; Witnessing things falling through…The
Re: Apologies to the many wonderful Iranians (2012)
Re: apologies to the many wonderful Iranians Standing behind the windows; Unable to reach or to pass through. The past and present meeting in one spot; Places and objects slowly fragmenting, deforming, fading in and out, coming together, splitting apart; Witnessing things falling through…The
“Aragh” (2012)
Body sweat gathered from a worker at Sahar1 Offshore oil rig in Persian gulf. Shipped from Persian Gulf to Booshehr and brought on a plane to Tehran by a friend. Carried from Tehran to Dallas on September 13 2012. +
“Aragh” (2012)
Body sweat gathered from a worker at Sahar1 Offshore oil rig in Persian gulf. Shipped from Persian Gulf to Booshehr and brought on a plane to Tehran by a friend. Carried from Tehran to Dallas on September 13 2012. +
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 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 Recitation of A Soliloquy (2012)
“Reading her Mother’s diary, one word-per-frame, under the lens of time accumulated since the time of it’s writing, and of her birth — the time of life. Virtual words, lifted off the page, wriggle like embryos under inquisitive gaze of
The Recitation of A Soliloquy (2012)
“Reading her Mother’s diary, one word-per-frame, under the lens of time accumulated since the time of it’s writing, and of her birth — the time of life. Virtual words, lifted off the page, wriggle like embryos under inquisitive gaze of
Postcards: coming together while apart (2012)
I have gathered 55 statements and comments on Facebook from friends and strangers about missing Tehran, Iran, or a specific place, object, food, etc while in diaspora or exile. The statements are printed on postcards representing our collective love and
Postcards: coming together while apart (2012)
I have gathered 55 statements and comments on Facebook from friends and strangers about missing Tehran, Iran, or a specific place, object, food, etc while in diaspora or exile. The statements are printed on postcards representing our collective love and
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.
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