Created together with Atoosa Farahmand
Exhibited in Vienna, Malmö, Stockholm, Örebro (Open Art 2024), Jönköping (Fall 2024)
Featured in Der Greif Issue 15, Der Greif online, 20TAL issue 9, Artnotes.se, Sydsvenskan
Not A Typical Persian Girl is an ongoing project where Atoosa Farahmand and I are examining womens right in Iran.
The exhibition Not A Typical Persian Girl seeks to unveil the plight of women and girls in Iran by cataloguing some of the things that are forbidden to them – things like biking, riding a motorcycle, singing, and watching football in a stadium are some examples of everyday enjoyments that are forbidden to women in Iran. But the exhibition also attempts to unveil the humour and vibrant spirit with which Persian women and girls confront the constraints placed upon them. The videos and photographs in Not A Typical Persian Girl follow a young woman who symbolises women living in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Even though political power continues to stifle the voices of women, this new generation is fighting back and taking the lead in the protest against the regime. Not A Typical Persian Girl can be me, you, and us. It’s time to open our eyes to the precariousness of democracy and human rights – and to celebrate and affirm those who continue to fight for them.
In 2022 we released a publication about the project. We collaborated with Erin Cory (Senior lecturer at Malmö University) with all the text in the publication. The book contains of 200 pages and is divided into three chapters Research, Photo and Video Works and Interviews. The first edition was printed in a limited edition of 85 books and is sold out.
The exhibition Not A Typical Persian Girl seeks to unveil the plight of women and girls in Iran by cataloguing some of the things that are forbidden to them – things like biking, riding a motorcycle, singing, and watching football in a stadium are some examples of everyday enjoyments that are forbidden to women in Iran. But the exhibition also attempts to unveil the humour and vibrant spirit with which Persian women and girls confront the constraints placed upon them. The videos and photographs in Not A Typical Persian Girl follow a young woman who symbolises women living in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Even though political power continues to stifle the voices of women, this new generation is fighting back and taking the lead in the protest against the regime. Not A Typical Persian Girl can be me, you, and us. It’s time to open our eyes to the precariousness of democracy and human rights – and to celebrate and affirm those who continue to fight for them.
In 2022 we released a publication about the project. We collaborated with Erin Cory (Senior lecturer at Malmö University) with all the text in the publication. The book contains of 200 pages and is divided into three chapters Research, Photo and Video Works and Interviews. The first edition was printed in a limited edition of 85 books and is sold out.
Open Art, Örebro
Redan, Malmö, Sweden
Hinterland, Vienna, Austria
Misschiefs, Stockholm, Sweden
International Women's Day, Jönköping Rosendalsbadet