Someone Was Here
Shirin Sabahi at Gallery No 6
Opening: Friday, March 5, 17:00 – 20:00

Shirin Sabahi’s work evolves from 8-mm films taken by Jan Edman (1928), a retired Swedish engineer who traveled to Iran nearly 15 times between 1966 and 1979. He visited different Iranian cities on behalf of a Swedish consulting and engineering company for the purpose of realizing industrial projects commissioned by various Iranian state-owned and private industries.
In the video installation Swede Home 1966/1973/1975/2009*, through cameraman’s gaze in his films and his vague remembrances of his trips thirty years after, Sabahi takes the audience back to Iran of the ‘60s and the ‘70s where she herself has no physical experience of. Activating this non-lived past by means of someone else’s recollections, Sabahi introduces Edman’s arbitrary narration to this history which her generation carries variety of it through different modes of transference; from parents and education to media.

In the photo series Untitled (00’00’’) still images of Edman’s films from Iran and Sweden are presented as double-exposed photographs. In these photographs, Edman’s visual documentation of the dual locations he lived and worked in points at the current condition of human mobility and displacement.

Shirin Sabahi (B. 1984, Tehran) received her BA in Industrial Design from Iran University of Science and Technology in 2007 and her MFA from Malmö Art Academy in 2009. Her work has been exhibited at various venues including HISK, Gent; Mercosur Biennial, Brazil; Pavilhão 28, Lisbon and rum46, Århus among others.

* Only one of the 2-channel video projections of Swede Home will be on display at Gallery No. 6.

Gallery No. 6
No 6, 18th st, Kheradmand-e Shomali, Tehran
March 5 – 10, 2010
Sat – Wed 15:00 – 19:00
Tel: +9821 88346029

The 3rd session of Iran Etc. (Iran Vs.) guided by Amirali Ghasemi took place yesterday 24th of Feb 2010 at PiST///.

Iran Vs. at PiS/// photo by Payman Abbasian

The program includes works by Iranian artists and Filmmaker living in Iran and abroad.

Sona Safaie (IR/CA) | Alef | 2009 | 2′36″
Tala Madani (US/IR/NL) | The Apple Tree | 2008 | 2′36″
Nassrin Nasser (UK/IR) | Exile Paranoia | 2009 | 10′30″
Elham Doust Haghighi (IR) | One Stupid Idea | 5′22″ | 2007-2008
Samira Eskandarfar (IR) | Comode | 2008 | 5′22″
Payam Mofidi (FR/IR)| SHÂER KOSHI (Poeticide) | 2009 | 11′
Parisa Yousof Doust (NL/IR) | A Story of the Flying Carpet in the City of Zwolle | 2005 | 8′

Candlelight and Its Side Effects - Interactive installation by Payman Abbasian

amberPlatform opens

A new place on the intersection of art and technology, amberPlatform, will open its doors to artists and art followers on February 26th, 2010 at 7.30pm.

amberPlatform aims to become a permenant center for research, production and sharing of art and technology and will provide a space for seminars, workshops, artist presentations, exhibitions, and performances. The center also initiated a residency program, which will compose a backdrop for international communion and partnerships with projects of cultural exchange and collaboration including artists and initiatives which do not partake on the widespread artistic circulation networks.

BIS – Body Process Arts Association is an Istanbul based initiative that aims to explore artistic forms of expression at the conjuction of the body and the digital process. amberPlatform is established by BIS in partnership with Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency. BIS has been organizing amberFestival and amberConference, also established amberNetwork, an international network of people who work on Arts and Technology, and continues to work on the field.

amberPlatform will be opening on February 26th, 2010 at 7 : 30 pm with a performance by Korhan Erel and Sevket Akinci and will be hosting its first exhibition in the following week which will include Candle Lights and Its Side Effects by Payman Abbasian, Future Kiss by Lenka Klimesava and Blow In by Ekmel Ertan.

Autoportraits : a poster by Alireza Anoushfar

Auto-Portraits by Touka Neyestani and Mohammad Ali Baniassadai
A new poster by Alireza Anoushfar for two of our favorite artists whom they tought us alot through their wonderful and strong body of works ,
catch their exhibıtion at Maah-e Mehr Gallery,
27 Bahman (16 February) Thru 6 Esfand (25 February), 14-20 hrs.
and good news for poster lovers….
There will be a limited edition of 60 posters numbered & signed by both of the artists available  for free at the finissage event.

Mah-e Mehr Gallery
Vali-e Asr Ave, Opposite Mellat Park, Kajabadi St, No 12. Website: www.mahe-mehr.com
22051786

AMBIGUITY

کژتابی

Misha Mirmoumen

Navid Sanati

نمایشگاه عکس های میشامیرمومن- نوید صنعتی- 30 بهمن تا 7 اسفند – ساعت 16 تا 20
اتاق مالتی مدیا گالری محسن
خ ظفر – خ ناجی – ک نوربخش بلوار مینای شرقی – پ 42

Mohsen Gallery, multimedia room, NO.24, eastern mina blvd., Zafar st.
19Feb-24Feb –
visiting hour 16-20

Two young artists are showing their photographs in this exhibition. Misha.mirmomen and Navid.sanati are introducing themselves by some speechless portraits in their first group exhibition. The portraits represent a piece of Man everyday life the man who just can’t imagine living such a life.

The exhibition which starts on 19 Feb includes some black and white photos (75.75 printed on luster photo paper) and it is on view till 26 Feb.

He writes, I write, we record, record what? We don’t know; we don’t know what is going on and maybe what goes on is not important at all. I only see what is there and that is what counts in this suffocating darkness. Tomorrow, when we grow up, we shall learn how to get used to life. It is up to us whether to use this disgusting learnt fact or not… If the problem of being or not being is to be solved somehow, it is easier for me to live. Everybody knows how to be not and yet, they keep on doing it. It is stupid not to be.

When my eyes are opened, it takes a while before I remember why I have to open them here. In the morning, we take out of the bed bodies which have lost themselves. We sit in front of teachers and professors and we are busy till night with our studies and simple dreams. We photograph life this way and the three of us are pleased! Although every other line of notebook pages are bound to infected wounds, I understand one must learn all this simplicity and we love pages in general although it is as though no page understands nothing.

Sometimes I wish to hug the world, to squeeze the shit out of it. Have you ever noticed the extent of your power? What would happen if the world resembled for a second our portraits?

Sigh to moon, moon to sigh

Sigh to moon, moon to Sigh : Poster by Morteza Mahalati

Homa Delvaray’s poster exhibition recently opened on 26th of Jan in Shiraz Gallery.
The exhibition which was on view till 4th of Feb.  featured 38 posters by Delvaray (born 1980) in the recent years of her professional career.
A catalog has been published in the occasion of the show with a selection of 16 posters with an introduction by Morteza Mahalati.
He writes : “…Her distinguished style are influenced by a variety of sources from Tabriz School Miniature heritage and recent European image making traditions from Art nouveau to Pop art.”

For more images of the show you can follow the links to RANG MAGAZINE’s review (in Persian) and Rene Wanner’s Poster Page (in English)
Homa Delvaray is also a member/editor of Dabireh a Collective of young Iranian graphic designers who share a passion for calligraphy and typography. We had the pleasure to work with her as a participant in few of our projects, including Deep Depression and The Roaming Biennial of Tehran in Berlin, and as a designer for one of our joint projects happening at Azad Art Gallery (poster below).

Reciprocal Visit at Azad Gallery Tehran Designed by Homa Delvaray

Yesterday Came Suddenly Catalog by Newbookz

Yesterday Came Suddenly (EN & FA) : The Drawings and installation by German Artist Sonya Schönberger is curated by Amirali Ghasemi, Tehran and it’s the 1st exhibition of a series of solo shows by international artists in Iran organized by parkingallery, in various galleries of Tehran.
The catalog is designed and published by NewBookz Studio: Sam Keshmir (Cover Illustration) & Shahab Tondar (Design), in 24 Pages,14 x 21 cm,b/w Offset and in Edition of 500, January 2010.

For a preview of the inside pages, and more information on how to get yourself a copy, click here

Enjoy!

In which empty space are you standing

In which empty space are you standing
(Confidence #7)
by Ali Ettehad
Digital print on metalized paper/ Music by Kaveh Kateb/ Texts selected by Masud Shahriari/2010
Click here to see some images from the exhibition.

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Yesterday Came Suddenly - Sonya-Schonberger

“Yesterday Came Suddenly” opens at Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran on Friday 29th of Jan, 2010.
The Drawings and installation by German Artist Sonya Schönberger is curated by Amirali Ghasemi, Tehran and it’s the 1st exhibition of a series of solo shows by international artists in Iran organized by parkingallery, in various galleries of Tehran. There is a small catalog will be launched in the occasion of the exhibition by newbookz, and a limited edition poster printed in silkscreen designed by Shahab Tondar.
The Exhibition will continue till feb 4th, 2010 , 5-9 pm. The artist herself will be present in the gallery at the opening. further info on the time and date of the artist talk  and presentation will be announced soon.

Atbin Art Gallery founded in 2000 in Tehran by an art lover family and is dedicated to supporting and introducing young artists and new talents.

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Date-painting by NimaEsmailpour

Date-painting, an exhibition of Painting/Installation by Nima Esmailpour just opened last Friday, Jan 22nd 2010. The 2nd show of  the brand new  Mohsen Gallery is dedicated to a young artist,  1985 born  Nima Esmailpour previously collaborated with parkingallery in International Roaming Biennial of Tehran and in Limited Access II. You can catch the artist, performing in one of the rooms from 23rd to 25th of Jan.

The catalog of the exhibition features a text  by Omid Mehregan in the ocassion of the exhibition, he will speak to public on Monday 25th Jan. 5pm. The Exhibition will be on view till 27th of Jan and bisting hours are from 4-8.
If you wanna get there, without a car, might have to walk  for a while in the rich Tehrani zafar destrict, starting from Modaress  Zafar Juction. here is a hint to a shortcut instead of  walking in to Dastgerdi (Zafar) St. walk along the Moaddress Highway  eastern sidewalk toward south and without giving yourself a hard time you will find a narrow alley which lead you to Eastern Mina Street and Number is 42 and by now you can see the yellow sign of the gallery on your right and ther you are. You can have a drink and maybe a snack in the small cafe teria located in the backyard,after seeing some art, Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »