An Attempt at Contextualizing Images of a Revolution
Date: Sunday, 12 February 2023
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Location:
Sarmad Studio
Delftsestraat 9D
Rotterdam
As the Revolution began in Iran, due to the state's propaganda and censorship, and inaccessibility to independent and international news agencies and report mechanisms, every person became a Citizen Journalist. Through documenting every second of the revolution and gathering evidence of the crimes committed by the islamic republic, the people of Iran have been forming individual and independent archives and news outlets. Sharing them with each other, they inform and educate themselves about what is going on.
Archiving, documenting, and spreading truthful images and fighting disinformation became acts of resistance, amplifying the fight at the frontline of the Revolution.
The beginning of revolutionary protests in Iran coincided with a journey into the depths of images and words. The images that have been circulating since the murder of Jina (Mahsa) Amini until today are the most naked evidence of the crimes of the islamic republic and the resistance of Iranian people against this brutal regime.
This program is an attempt to prevent these images from becoming isolated icons.
By showing them in their context and in connection with each other, addressing the situation they portray, we hope to open up a deeper discussion about the Revolution in Iran, one that is not reductive and does not exoticize.
This archive of images that accompany this program is put together by a group of artists assembled to take action due to the current situation in Iran.
Like the Revolution itself, The archive is alive, ongoing, and incomplete. The primary purpose of making it available at this juncture is to facilitate a deeper discussion about the revolution in Iran and its controversial representation in international media outlets.
