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Conceptual Art

GOLNAR

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Golnar

Golnar means the flower of the pomegranate tree and it is one of the names used in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (the name of the wife of Ardeshir Babakan, Sassanid king) and also is a common name among Iranian women and girls. This name has been used for many years in the detergent company as a soap brand. Is. Golnar is an old and nostalgic soap that has been remembered for several generations, and the unusual use of this soap for anything other than cleansing the body (teenagers masturbating with it), has always spread many jokes among the people. In the meantime, the problems that Iranian society has been facing in recent years, such as unemployment, inflation, sanctions, the dream of work, income, housing, and marriage, have robbed Iranian youth. Therefore, the artist has presented this object in a luxurious format to be an allusion to the bitter humor that the purchase of Golnar soap has become an unattainable dream for the youth of Iran.

EXIT

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Exit

For many years, the people of the Middle East have been leaving their homeland with all their attachments in the hope of finding a better life, so that they may live in prosperity and peace, but will they all achieve their dreams? Is the confusion of the migrants at the borders, the difficult conditions of the refugee camps, the racist behaviors, the mental and physical pressures that people see along the way compensable? The exit effect has a questioning approach to immigration.

MY GARDEN

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My Garden

the artwork «my garden» incorporates black official scarfs which women are forced to wear every day at school, university, government offices, and workplaces in Iran. each black scarf is representative of an Iranian woman who is floating in an obnoxious atmosphere laden with sexual discrimination like a bewildered boat

WORD

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کلمه

آنچه در این اثر شاهد هستیم استوانه ­ای است متشکل از دوایری متحرک که بر روی هر کدام حروف الفبا نقش بسته است مخاطب می ­تواند هر کلمه ­ای که مایل است را  با چرخاندن دوایر بر روی بدنه­ی اثر بنگارد درکنار اثر ویدیویی با تکنیک استاپ موشن  پخش می­گردد که مخاطب را به انتخاب کلمه خود بر روی دیواره اثردعوت می­کند دوربین­عکاسی نامحسوسی  در بالا اثر تعبیه شده است که در فاصله زمانی مشخص از اثر و واژه­ی جدیدی که مخاطب بر آن نگاشته است  عکس می­گیرد و عکس ها در آرشیویی محفوظ بایگانی می شوند.

 

کلمه یا واژه کوچک­ترین شکل معنا­دار حروف است رابطه­ی بین فکر و کلمه یک فرایند زنده است فکر از کلمات زاییده می شود و تفکر در کلمه خود را آزاد می سازد«کلمه همان اندیشه است» (تولستوی،بی تا ،100)هر کلمه اثر را درخود غوطه­ور می­سازد و مخاطب با انتخاب کلمه ی خویش ،آفریننده­ی دوباره­ی اثر است، با مفهومی جدید از دنیای خویش.تاثیر کلمات نوشته شده بر روی مخاطب ،پاک شدن و نوشته شدن دوباره کلمه؛ پروسه ای پویا وسیال است.ذهن های انباشته شده از کلمات و انتخاب یک کلمه از دل آن همه ، خود چالشی عمیق برای یافتن دنیای هر فرد است.

 

 

A PLACE TO LIVE

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A place to live 

The selected fish called ‘Fighter’ is fully compatible with this type of  conditions.

PRESSURE

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Pressure

Sometimes the deadlock is the beginning to blossom. These works were formed during the student period in consideration to the pressure of university and the impeachment of students to carry out projects within the framework of Islamic law and Regime.