Facing “self" in a private space to express feelings and beliefs in the form of a work of art
In order to control and promote a dictated lifestyle, power entities continuously try to censor and suppress the expression of instinctive and inner feelings, and furthermore, manipulate the expression of the society’s feelings through the domination of science, psychology, medicine, education, family, and state-governed propagandist patterns.
Living in digital times, we are faced with deluge of images and interactions in the cyberspace, where loneliness seems to have lost its meaning. Therefore, the question arises: How do we deal with our “selves”? And what role does this encounter play in creating an artwork?
Creating a private space provides an environment for artists where they can create more freely ¬– with less self-censorship – and face their instinctive, conscious and subconscious selves, enabling them to examine and experience life through their artistic expression.
In this project, the selected Austrian and Iranian artists contrive the expression of an encounter with “self”, and on the occasion of International Women’s Day, they interact and share their individual experiences with each other through their diverse cultural and artistic mediums.
Curator: Maryam Farhang
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