moon city 2019
2019
three-channel video installation
6 minutes (looped)
Two kaleidoscopic landscapes move vertically and a text unfolds gradually against a red background.
I weave together oral stories of my father and uncle - who worked at the Petrochemical facilities of Mah Shahr (translates Moon City) Port near the Persian Gulf- with the oil workers’ strike that took place in 2019.
threads:
of petra & alchemy, becoming other rather than more true [to self]
of petra & alchemy, becoming other rather than more true [to self]