Mourning

A digital retrospective on ritualized mourning featuring  interdisciplinary works by 10 Iranian artists in a joint exploration on the language of mourning and the ways in which we use our sadness to survive. Through this group exhibition, we studied the embedded rituals of the one that is missing: laws and encoded behaviours behind mourning in Iranian society, which play such an integral role in daily negotiations of love and loss.

urse be upon the hope of those hopeless people) is an installation by Tehran based visual artist Fatemeh Kazemi consisting of 3 flags made in reference to traditional Shi’a flags (Katibeh) of mourning, with an accompanying video component. This insta
urse be upon the hope of those hopeless people) is an installation by Tehran based visual artist Fatemeh Kazemi consisting of 3 flags made in reference to traditional Shi’a flags (Katibeh) of mourning, with an accompanying video component. This insta
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Chupan Atashi's Seeding my feet (2020)

Mohammadreza Gholami, Untitled motion design (2020)

Samaneh Moafi's Parable of Mehr (2020)

Sepehr Hajiabadi, from his series on the life of Tayeb Haj Rezai

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