Projects

Geography Test for People in Pictures, 2007, DV PAL, color, English subtitles, silent, 3'17'', dimensions variable
The video reflects on the image of Tehran as the capital of a Middle Eastern country. It formulates a diverse reading of urban life in Tehran by means of photography, exploring both the national intensities as potential exotic features and the homogeneous look as an inevitable part of international capital. It playfully invites the audience to measure their knowledge of Tehran in relation to the preconceived notions of this city imposed by the media.

Text from the video:

When I was ten, our geography teacher tried to turn geography to an exciting game
It turned to a nightmare instead…
She would show us pictures of different cities or its citizens and ask:
Where is this?
I don’t remember even one single time guessing the right name
But I remember a question I asked myself a thousand times:
Do people in these cities notice my city by looking at pictures of it?