Sohrab Kashani

Sohrab Kashani

Kashani in 2015
Born Sohrab Mostafavi Kashani
(1989-03-12) March 12, 1989
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Education Self-taught
Known for Social Practice, Video art, Performance art
Website sohrabkashani.com

Sohrab Kashani (Persian: سهراب کاشانی‎‎) is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist,[1] art curator and writer.[2] He is the founding director of Sazmanab, artist collective and former not-for-profit art space in Tehran.

Super Sohrab

Super Sohrab,[3] Kashani’s alter-ego is an unsuccessful super hero who uses satire and failure in his attempts to fix local and global sociopolitical problems. Through the documentation of his failures Super Sohrab addresses the issues as well as in text and in interviews he makes with local and international news organizations. In his attempts Super Sohrab has addressed the US sanctions on Iran,[4] visa complications for Iranians, Tehran’s air pollution among other pressing topics affecting Iranians in Iran and in diaspora. The Super Sohrab series comprise performative interventions presented in photographs, videos, comics and text.[5][6]

Sazmanab

"Roaming Academy" in collaboration with Dutch Art Institute / Doreen Mende, Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar (2015)

Sazmanab,[7] formerly an independent non-profit art space and artist/curator residency in Tehran, is an artist collective that creates projects and publications, and hosts exhibitions and events off-site in collaboration with other spaces and venues.[8][9] Sazmanab was established in 2008 by Kashani and was originally based in Sadeghiyeh district in the Western part of Tehran.[10][11][12]

Exhibitions curated

References

  1. ↑ Sandra Skurvida (29 January 2013). "WHO, BY WHOM, AND FOR WHOM: PRESENTATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN IRAN AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ART OF IRAN ELSEWHERE". Interventions Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Ashley Nguyen (13 January 2016). "At Creative Time Reports, newsworthy stories are told with artists' voices". Ijnet Intentional Journalists’ Network. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. ↑ http://sohrabkashani.com/super-sohrab/
  4. ↑ Saeed Kamali Dehghan (31 October 2013). "Iran's artists warn US and European sanctions are affecting their work". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Naveed Mansoori and Mohammad Salemy (9 March 2014). "Accelerating Beyond “Iran”?". Ajam Media Collective. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Sandra Skurvida (27 May 2015). "Remediation of the News Feed". Art Practical. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. ↑ http://sohrabkashani.com/sazmanab/
  8. ↑ Michelle Moghtadar (10 November 2014). "Iranians scream into pots at new contemporary art center". Reuters. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Laurence Cornet (17 February 2015). "Iran Special Edition : Reza Aramesh at Sazmanab". L’Oeil de la Photographie. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Daria Kirsanova (21 January 2013). "Postcard from Tehran". Frieze Publishing. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Doreen Mende (12 January 2014). "A Postcard from Tehran". Manifesta Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  12. ↑ The Skype Team (19 January 2015). "Portals: Shared Experiences over Skype". Skype Blogs. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Sara Raza (22 January 2016). "The Social Studio". Guggenheim Blogs. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  14. ↑ http://www.artweek.ae/galleries-1/2015/3/16/the-mine-group-exhibition
  15. ↑ http://www.timeoutdubai.com/art/events/38135-mapping-within:-an-alternative-guide-to-tehran-and-beyond#.VY93-fmqqko
  16. ↑ http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/iranian-video-art-featured-in-public-art-discussion-at-cma-on-june-20-2013
  17. ↑ http://www.cca.ge/node/68
  18. ↑ http://www.caucasusartmag.com/subtehran-subjective-truth-from-iran/
  19. ↑ http://www.conflictkitchen.org/2013/05/31/the-tehranpittsburgh-youtube-mix/

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