Virtuality in Motion explores the translation of human motion into virtual forms. Featuring a collection of bespoke avatar designs and a generative system of choreographic patterning, the installation allows participants to explore how their movement both influences and is informed by the unique spatial, kinetic and qualitative characteristics of the moving forms they are presented…
Skin acts as a dynamic medium between bodies and their surroundings, providing diverse stories and perspectives. Through a sensory metamorphosis, Tactile Narratives transcends boundaries, unveiling a multitude of narratives through textiles that serve as storytelling interfaces and tactile bridges.
This installation deals with ideas of cross-modal perception, and how the senses work together to define how we unconsciously perceive our environment. Each sense informs the other, leading to heightened or softened perception of environmental phenomena.
The idea for this project came during my early days of migration when I left Iran. In a new place with no memories or sense of belonging, the most frequent sound I heard was the map guide helping me find my way. Often, I got lost in the city.
It is an interactive artwork with a shell-shaped base and contains abstract sculptures of eyeballs and a penis. Viewers use an air pump to create or burst a bubble man, engaging individually or in team games. The piece modifies Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and explores themes of masculinity, duality in patriarchal societies, and true…
This project, themed “waves of emotion,” immerses viewers in a whirlwind of feelings, highlighting emotions’ fluidity like water. The artwork visualizes the complexities of emotions through water’s movement, symbolizing their power and beauty.
I M U is an essay film installation which turns the viewer into one of its main characters through deepfake technology. It is a personal confrontation with this form of technology and a meditative intervention on what the self and your self-image really are.
We were walking on the beach is a performative installation. It senses the inherent vitality of non-human entities such as molecules and spirits that humans cannot control. This work adopts the 49 funeral rituals of Mahayana Buddhism in its form.
Forceful Catering is a choreographic and musical performance inspired by the East/Southeast Asian tradition of preparing sticky rice cakes (mochi). The rice-pounding utensils become experimental percussion instruments, producing bass beats to the electronic music.