Certified True Copy of an Original Document
SOME CONCEPTS ON FREEDOM: No. 3: Certified True Copy of an Original Document Installed at Apartment Projects, Berlin, 2026 Since the observer is always outside the event, the spread of information about the event from one observer to another occurs without considering the manner and quality of their observations. As a result, a dominant narrative […]
An Attempt to Say Nothing
An Attempt to Say Nothing https://youtu.be/_0FhYAtrgMc This is an attempt to write. This is an attempt to think. It is an attempt to think in another language. It is an attempt to unlock thoughts exiled by language. It is an attempt to write the unsayable. This is an attempt to soothe the mind caught between […]
The Invisible Tablets
The Invisible Tablets A Study on Hafiz’s Poem Silent Green, Berlin, 2025 INTRODUCTION The project, initially conceived in 2008, began as a visual-linguistic exploration titled ‘Chromatophonography.’ It aimed to research and visualize the musicality inherent in the ghazals of the renowned Iranian poet, Hafiz. During its early phase, colored maps were created for a selection […]
The Agreement
THE AGREEMENT The agreement, Emrooz Gallery, 2015 Infoography of the performance, 2015 This sound installation took place on July 30, 2015. The idea was to use speech-to-text and text-to-speech software, which at the time had poor performance, many bugs, and had not been developed much. The original recording occurred in an off-screen space where two […]
The Crunch
THE CRUNCH “There are times when we must be reminded that the very fall we dread, which we believe has made our lives unbearable, has already occurred.” based on a quote from Rainer Maria Rilke A part of the installation, the black box and its monitor, Dastan basement, Tehran, 2021 This time-consuming project, made between […]
Displacement of Dividers Needle
DISPLACEMENT OF DIVIDER NEEDLE Exhibition space in Künstlerhaus Bethanian, berlin, April 2024 the video of the performance, colored, silent, 25 min, 2024, Camera: Amirali Ghasemi https://youtu.be/i2QJWNhXyQg An image for the poster generated by AI, 2024 “You are not to be taught that you have many enemies that know not why they are so but, like […]