The Missing Words
THE MISSING WORDS The performance is based on a collage poem. The pieces have been taken from the original scripts: ‘The Book of Jeremiah‘, the Quran, and ‘The Waste Land‘ (T.S. Eliot). Rachel is weeping for her children. (she asks), for what sin she was killed. She refuses to be comforted by her children because […]
Sleepwalker
SLEEPWALKER https://youtu.be/wO_rIJk4FAA The video “Sleepwalker” (2021) created based on the pattern of dream formation or nocturnal dreams (the logic of sleep during REM and the process of information processing), that it consists of a series of shortened loops created from files in the artist’s folder during an image study in the collective unconscious and the […]
Sisyphus
Sisyphus https://youtu.be/r_6AjGngmmw The screen of the video, Dastan Basement, Tehran, 2021 Iran’s president appears to be using repeated references to new season as campaign slogan for possible successor. When millions across the world used the phrase “Arab spring” to describe pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, Iran’s supreme leader, made it clear he disapproved. Instead, […]
The Persian Red Tongue
The Persian Red Tongue The human tongue, Image: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. In this performance, the artist articulates random words from the dictionary, detached from their meanings, while balancing a blade on their tongue. The blade shifts with the movements of the tongue, creating a dynamic interplay where the spoken words influence the blade’s motion. Each […]
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 […]
Following the Yellow Lines
Following the yellow lines A sketch of the whole idea for the video, “It is only in an unbalanced state that you can achieve balance. Remain loyal to the pre-drawn lines. Balance is the law, and the law defines a ‘system.’ Therefore, nothing can exist beyond the boundaries of the law.” – from video texts […]