PARALLEL

Parallel, object collage (2023)

Materials: plastic toop pelastiki, Iranian receipts (pinbonnen), cardboard, ink, ecocline, mirror, highgloss and Iranian soil from the holy city of Mashhad.

Parallel examines the parallel experience of second-generation Iranian Dutch nationals. The group that was born or grew up in the Dutch system as the result of a choice that their parents made. A world where the outdoors at first glance bears no resemblance at all to their roots. Iranians in diaspora are known for their rapid and successful integration and even assimilation. But the paradox is that many of them, despite not having been born or raised in Iran, maintain strong cultural links with their country of origin and often have a strong sense of homesickness and uprootedness carried with them.

‘Parallel’ was on show during the exhibition ‘The Rest is Still Unwritten’ presented by Stimuleringsfonds during Dutch Design Week.

My art book Parallel is expected in 2026. Subscribe to my newsletter to be kept informed about my publications.

Stimuleringsfonds presents:

2023

Afsaneh Ghafarian Rabe’l,Alex Walker,Anna Wonders,Anni Nöps,Benjamin Earl,Colin Wegman,Constanza Castagnet,Deborah Mora,Hedwig van der Linden & Kevin Westerveld (Dérive),Elif Satanaya Özbay,Elizaveta Federmesser,Estelle Barriol,Florian Regtien,Florian van Zandwijk,Gijs Schalkx,Hattie Wade,Igrien Yin Liu,Iris Lam,Ivo Brouwer,Javier Rodriguez,Kalkidan Hoex,Lindsey van de Wetering,Line Arngaard,Maarten Brijker,Malik Saïb-Mezghiche,Manal Aziz,Maren Bang,Margherita Soldati,Mario Gonsalves,Martijn Holtslag,Matilde Patuelli,Moreno Schweikle,Myrthe Krepel,Nemo Cheminé (The Nightmare Disorder),Nöelle Ingeveldt,Nohaila Gamah,Nóra Békés,Paul Coenen,Paul Kuijpers,Pernilla Philip,Pim Boreel,Siddharth Pathak,Sophia Holst,Steef Offerhaus,Stephanie Idongesit Ete,Sunjoo Lee,Taya Reshetnik,Tim van Hooft,Timothy ScholteandTymon Hogenelst.