Performance Art Archives - Farzaneh Najafi

I was there, performance “Alef, Noon, Alef, Re” by: Bahman Abaspour.

Khane Honarmandan Iran, 11, 2023, photographer: Mehrnaz Rashno

From Line Series. 2023.

Nava. Haraz Road. Mazandara. Iran. Photographer: Mohammad Vakhideh

Performer: Mohammad Vakhideh/ Photographer: Farzaneh Najafi

From Line Series. 2023.

Nava. Haraz Road. Mazandaran. Iran. Photographer: Mohammad Vakhideh

I was Water.

Azo Plain.Haraz Road.Mazandaran. Iran. Photographer: Mohammad Vakhideh

I was born in Iran and spent 8 years of my most beautiful days of childhood and teenage under the horrible shadow of the Iran-Iraq war. The word “war” always reminds me of my childish dreams which turned into nightmares. Painfully, what is happening in Ukraine today is for me a deadly repetition of the cries of children, mothers and fathers whose homeland has been devastated by the enemy’s tanks.The performance “Stop the War” is carried out to support brave Ukrainians. In this performance that took 2 hours and 40 minutes, two of my students addressed Russia by writing “Stop the War” using black ink and 6 brushes. To perform this at first thin brushed were used and the medium brushes. It must be noticed that the performing method is adapted from the performance of Chines artist Zhang Huan with the title of “family tree”.

For your Eyes.

During revolution of Woman Life Freedom in Iran many of young Iranian people last their Eyes this issue is my every day Nightmare. International Woman’s day, 2023, Photographer: Sajedeh