On the Wall/Off the Wall

01/12/09  Nasrin Tabatabai

In the recent post-election uprisings in Iran, all the forgotten slogans from the revolution of 1979 were shouted by a generation that had not experienced that revolution. They were appropriating them for the greater glory of their own political desires.

Limited Openness Contemporary Art in Tehran

20/02/07  Nasrin Tabatabai

At the invitation of artist Nasrin Tabatabai, architects Niloufar Niksar, Kianoosh Vahabi and film maker Poutia Jahanshad from Tehran discuss the state of artistic production in their country. In Iran, visual art is still seen as opponent of the system unless it conforms to the gevernment's ideological principles.