Statement:

In her exhibition rebellion of the slogans, Shirin Mohammad (b. 1992 in Tehran, lives and works in Berlin and Tehran) presents a new multimedia installation including sound, sculpture and a publication. Mohammad's multidisciplinary practice includes installation, film as well as artistic research in archives.

With a particular focus on the socio-political history of Iran, Mohammad brings together elements of documentary and fiction to examine the remnants of lost, ignored, and abandoned narratives. rebellion of the slogans features the first iteration of a new research-based work by the artist that concentrates on the language and aural aspect of slogans from various historical ruptures; from the Constitutional Revolution (aka Enghelāb-e Mashrūteh) in the early 1900s, to the current revolution.///

For the exhibition at Künstlerhaus, Mohammad focuses on four general strikes and protests dating between 2017 and 2023. Mohammad’s new work looks at the history of resistance movements and addresses the influence of cultural and linguistic expression on political discourse.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of conversations with scholars and cultural workers from Iran that were part of Mohammad’s artistic research.