Blurring the Boundaries: Stories on a Revolution
What if we dream towards the past and not towards the future?
Fragments of a true story will unfold through a journey you are invited to undertake in this performance / installation. The fragments are part of a personal account by the artist Paria Mohajerani who is trying to remember the participation in “Woman, Life, Freedom” revolution in 2022 in Iran.
What if you could recreate the past?
Step into a labyrinth with transparent walls. Each participant will have their individual journey, while being aware that they are experiencing the performance together with others. You are free to choose which pathway you want to take, and the narrative will be different based on your decisions. In the labyrinth corridors you will encounter materials such as videos being projected on small screens, audio through headphones, images, and handwritten letters.
The performance explores what it means to be an activist and how to participate as an individual inside a collective. Where do the boundaries between a collective act and individual personal decisions begin to blur? The performance is fictioning and alternating realities through the question “what if…”
Paria Mohajerani is a performance artist based in Helsinki and originally from Iran. Her background is in acting and directing both in stage shows and experimental, site-specific and online performances. Working with audience responsibilities and ethics in performances drew her to question how to engage the audience to redefine power structures in performance arts and events.
Her artistry triangulates between the aesthetics of exposé and installation that in turn forms a performance.
She also works with concepts of alternative ways of storytelling, navigating historical gaps and challenging the constructs of memory. Her portfolio spans across political, immersive, documentary and site-specific performances often intertwining with video installations and multimedia arts.
Working group
- Installation, concept, and Artistic Thesis project by Paria Mohajerani (Live Art and Performance Studies)
- Video design: Homa Shokri (guest)
- Sound design: Logane Rime (guest)
Content Notices
Please be advised that this content may include sensitive material.
- Recommended age: 18+
- Performance language: Mostly in English and some Farsi being used.
Fragments of a true story will unfold through a journey you are invited to undertake in this performance / installation. The fragments are part of a personal account by the artist Paria Mohajerani who is trying to remember the participation in “Woman, Life, Freedom” revolution in 2022 in Iran.
What if you could recreate the past?
Step into a labyrinth with transparent walls. Each participant will have their individual journey, while being aware that they are experiencing the performance together with others. You are free to choose which pathway you want to take, and the narrative will be different based on your decisions. In the labyrinth corridors you will encounter materials such as videos being projected on small screens, audio through headphones, images, and handwritten letters.
The performance explores what it means to be an activist and how to participate as an individual inside a collective. Where do the boundaries between a collective act and individual personal decisions begin to blur? The performance is fictioning and alternating realities through the question “what if…”
Paria Mohajerani is a performance artist based in Helsinki and originally from Iran. Her background is in acting and directing both in stage shows and experimental, site-specific and online performances. Working with audience responsibilities and ethics in performances drew her to question how to engage the audience to redefine power structures in performance arts and events.
Her artistry triangulates between the aesthetics of exposé and installation that in turn forms a performance.
She also works with concepts of alternative ways of storytelling, navigating historical gaps and challenging the constructs of memory. Her portfolio spans across political, immersive, documentary and site-specific performances often intertwining with video installations and multimedia arts.
Working group
- Installation, concept, and Artistic Thesis project by Paria Mohajerani (Live Art and Performance Studies)
- Video design: Homa Shokri (guest)
- Sound design: Logane Rime (guest)
Content Notices
Please be advised that this content may include sensitive material.
- Recommended age: 18+
- Performance language: Mostly in English and some Farsi being used.