From “1001: Collective Narrative” Workshop Exhibition:
“Narrative Texts and Maps”
With contributions from:
Nahal Jafari / Shamim Taassob / Anahita Rezaei / Azadeh Zakeri / Shahab Anousha / Mobina Kastanikhah / Amirali Ghasemi / Sarvanaz Yasari / Azadeh Behkish / Ali Ajdari
Led by: Amirhossein Khorshidfar and Rojia Forouhar
In Collaboration with: New Media, Former Summer School
Project Coordinator: Bahar Ahmadifard
The online multimedia exhibition “Narrative Texts and Maps” will be accessible on the New Media Society website from 7 May 2021. The texts and narrative maps of this result from a three-month collective process that the participants of the “1001: Collective Writing” workshop went through last winter (Dec 2020- Mar 2021). During the workshop, participants residing in diverse parts of the world, such as Tehran, Hamedan, Shiraz, Boston, Berlin, Vancouver, Toronto, etc., shared their location-based experiences and observation means of writing and mapping.
The exhibition “Narrative Texts and Results forms the third joint workshop by Rojia Forouhar and Amirhossein Khorshidfar, focusing on the correlation between space, architecture, and literature.
Nahal Jafari | The Eye Looks at the World
A mundane cityscape turns into series of abstract geometric imaginaries.
Anahita Rezaei | Eternal Sanatorium
The huge and noisy construction site has disturbed the calm of the neighbors.
Azadeh Zakeri | The Rising City, the Rising Tower, the Rising Fog
From the window of an immigrant’s room, one can see Toronto’s CN Tower light show. Every day, the lights have their special color until …
Shahab Anousha | Isotope
A cyclist in Berlin follows his daily route
Mobina Kastanikhah | Cinderella
Dispersed places of a neighborhood are linked with invisible bonds.
Amirali Ghasemi | Encyclopedia of the Vicinity
Navigating the distance within two locations through a random cat’s viewpoint.
Sarvenaz Yasari | Timelapse
How the sun rises in Tehran.
