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Replica

Humans possess the flexibility to absorb all kinds of norms, thoughts, beliefs,
rules, definitions, and images. This series of headpieces and scenography of
videos demonstrate the many layers of restrictions political powers impose
on individuals on a daily basis, shaping their behaviors and relationships.
The human body is disciplined through different kinds of ideologies and is
thus forced to position itself therein. The headpiece is a replica of these
sociopolitical layers that accumulate and attach themselves to us like a
prosthesis.

As a starting point, this project draws on the experience of living in two
different contexts, respectively Iran and The Netherlands, and the feeling of
disorientation the latter has generated. Our bodies are classified by many
different discriminatory systems of categorization wielded by power
structures, which oppress the body in tangible and intangible ways. Replica
attempts to open up a liminal space and put a distance between the body
and these internalized systems of power we have come to embody. This
creates the possibility for change and transformation in which the replica
operates as a cast for something that is broken and is in need of a ritual of
healing and repair.

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Installation of headpieces and videos
Group exhibition "Scaffolding Scaffolding"
BAK basis voor actuele kunst, Utrect, Netherlands
2022

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