Arash Nassiri, 25 May 2016 — 11 Jun 2016
Exhibitions

Arash Nassiri

Nivell Zero, c/ Rosselló 240

Fundació Suñol and Han Nefkens Foundation present at Nivell Zero a solo show by Arash Nassiri (Tehran, 1986) featuring different video displays that refer to the entertainment industry techniques. The subject of the show is inspired by events that use light for entertainment.

The exhibition includes the screening of Tehran-geles, a fictional vision of Tehran, set within the urban landscape of Los Angeles. Through an aerial journey, we discover an architectural transposition of the two cities. While flying over the boulevards of L.A., personal migrant testimonies echo the collective story of the Iranian capital. Downtown, the buildings are saturated with neon signs pulsating with voices that take us on a hallucinatory trip.

Parallel to the science fiction genre, where the present is projected into the future, this short film projects the past of Tehran onto the Western present. The production of this short film generates an audiovisual migration, where aerial shots of Los Angeles merge with videos filmed in Tehran and later transported by plane, as well as interviews recorded via Skype from different cities around the world.

Coming days is a series of screens display the reflections of neon on buildings using the old theater technique of holography. Here the effects are created live, on site. Two screens and a glass panel are used to project the image of neon signs onto Los Angeles buildings. This installation reproduces the superposition of signs from Tehran on top of the Los Angeles cityscape.

In the courtyard, three LED panels built and attached to the foundation architecture display animations of fireworks and light shows. The animation used was sourced from shops that use obsolete video animation for the backgrounds of store advertising. Designed to catch peoples’ eye while walking or driving, these animations are shown without any accompanying messages.

The exhibition is part of the 2016 Loop Festival.

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Nivell Zero, c/ Rosselló 240
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