When I saw the Songs of the Sunbirds announcement, I just knew I had to make something special for this column.
In those dire times, I worked day and night on this piece, trying to keep myself sane. Trying to …
Art
Roza
On October 15, 2023, I received a phone call from my dad telling me twenty-five members of our family have been martyred in Gaza. Among those were my Uncle Mahmoud Darwesh Ghabayen, my aunt Maryam Darwesh Ghabayen, my great aunt …
Nationhood / Woman / Unicorn
Nationhood
“Nationhood” represents the new martyrdom of women to the state or literally into the lion’s mouth of the Patriarchy. It sacrifices the freedom and liberty of women for the power of the Country, as her head enters into the …
The Hidden Sense
“The Hidden Sense” is a collection portraying women giving birth to a new era by rising from their own ashes. Hidden sense is a series of mixed media on canvas paintings narrating messages through different materials and forms.
Heavily inspired …
Tohid
I’ve been scrolling through twitter for hours, watching my countries revolution through social media. It’s overwhelming. Can I hope? Hope has led to heartbreak so many times. I see an image of a man in Tehran holding a sign reading …
Hoss Kojast
ARTIST’S STATEMENT This is a story of disappearances that cannot be assimilated. Even though the Iranian diaspora of the 1980s had managed an escape, for the majority it was not a great escape. We were largely upper middle class families …
lost in her hair (monday)
My childhood was marked by documentations of a lot of firsts. My family, sharing my aunt’s lone mini-DV camcorder among their whole big group, has decided what the pivotal moments to be captured for me were. I have often asked …
Whisper My Name / 9,272.70 Miles
Whisper My Name (2009)
Embracing the element of chance and offering symbolic interpretation, this video is a visual diary of an artist’s journey back to her childhood school in Dehkadeh, Iran. The empty rooms and their decayed elements resonate with …
