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Sohrab Kashani
Kashani in 2015
Born
Sohrab Mostafavi Kashani

(1989-03-12) March 12, 1989 (age 35)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationSelf-taught
Known forSocial Practice, Video art, Performance art
Websitesohrabkashani.com

Sohrab Kashani (Template:Lang-fa) is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist,[1] art curator and writer.[2] He is the founding director of Sazmanab, independent not-for-profit art organization and residency program 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, via text and interviews, Super Sohrab addresses problems both big (daily repercussions of US sanctions on Iran) and small (checking his Facebook profile). 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] is an independent not-for-profit art organization and residency program in Tehran. Sazmanab was established in 2008 by Kashani and was originally based in Sadeghiyeh district in the Western part of Tehran.[8][9][10] As of 2016, Sazmanab creates projects and publications, and hosts exhibitions and events off-site in collaboration with other spaces and venues.[11][12][13]

Exhibitions curated

  • Sohrab Kashani, Shattered Frames: Recent video work from Iran, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 2016.[14]
  • Sohrab Kashani and Reza Aramesh, Centrefold Project: Spring of recession, Sazmanab, Tehran, Iran, 2015.[15]
  • Sohrab Kashani, Mapping Within: An Alternative Guide to Tehran, The Mine, Dubai, UAE, 2015.[16][17]
  • Sohrab Kashani, Lost & Found in Tehran: Contemporary Iranian Video, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 2013.[18]
  • Sohrab Kashani, Subjective Truth from Iran, Center for Contemporary Art Tbilisi (CCA-T), Tbilisi, Georgia, 2013.[19][20]
  • Sohrab Kashani and Sandra Skurvida, Still Lives and Selected Acts, Dastan's Basement, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
  • Sohrab Kashani and Sandra Skurvida, TVDinner Tehran, Sazmanab, Tehran, Iran / Immigrant Movement International, New York, USA, 2011.
  • Sohrab Kashani, The 1st Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2011.
  • Sohrab Kashani and Jon Rubin, The Tehran/Pittsburgh YouTube Mix, Sazmanab, Tehran, Iran, 2009.[21]

See also

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://www.sazmanab.org/about/
  8. ^ Travel + Leisure Staff (January 2016). "Best Places to Travel in 2016". Travel + Leisure (Time Inc.). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  9. ^ Doreen Mende (12 January 2014). "A Postcard from Tehran". Manifesta Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  10. ^ The Skype Team (19 January 2015). "Portals: Shared Experiences over Skype". Skype Blogs. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  11. ^ http://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/media/video/alternative_art_spaces_and_practices_in_iran
  12. ^ Michelle Moghtadar (10 November 2014). "Iranians scream into pots at new contemporary art center". Reuters. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  13. ^ Laurence Cornet (17 February 2015). "Iran Special Edition : Reza Aramesh at Sazmanab". L’Oeil de la Photographie. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  14. ^ Sara Raza (22 January 2016). "The Social Studio". Guggenheim Blogs. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  15. ^ http://conflictkitchen.org/events/iranian-film-video-festival-2/
  16. ^ http://www.artweek.ae/galleries-1/2015/3/16/the-mine-group-exhibition
  17. ^ http://www.timeoutdubai.com/art/events/38135-mapping-within:-an-alternative-guide-to-tehran-and-beyond#.VY93-fmqqko
  18. ^ http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/iranian-video-art-featured-in-public-art-discussion-at-cma-on-june-20-2013
  19. ^ http://www.cca.ge/node/68
  20. ^ http://www.caucasusartmag.com/subtehran-subjective-truth-from-iran/
  21. ^ http://www.conflictkitchen.org/2013/05/31/the-tehranpittsburgh-youtube-mix/


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