New messages to Europa, 2018-2019

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The short videos are recorded under the participation of 13 internationally renowned Iranian intellectuals, academics, and cultural key figures from the following fields: Arts (Music, Literature, Fashion, Architecture), Science (Social Science, Psychology, Religion, Ethnology), Journalism, Women Sports, Law, Politics, and the Art Market. All of the participants are living and working in Iran.

After the so-called "Iran Deal" was terminated by the USA, the dialogue between the Western world and Iran is endangered. In response, artists Entekhabi, Rahimi and Mirmohammadi encouraged the participants to give a brief personal message to European audiences. In addition, each of the participants provides a small personal gift related to their activity. The gifts will be presented alongside with the videos in the exhibition at the Kunsthall 3.14 in Bergen/ Norway. At the end of the exhibition the visitors have the possibility to take one of the gifts with them in exchange for a small personal gift in response to the message of the interviewee. The gifts of the visitors will be brought to Iran and handed over to the Iranian participants. The installation attempts to create a direct and unfiltered dialogue between the interviewees and the Norwegian public and to address personal issues that are often not found in the media landscape.

List of Iranian participants:
1 - Mr Dr Saeid Peggy Abbaspour (Writer, poet, and psychologist)
2 - Mrs Dr Taraneh Yalda (Architect, and urban planner)
3 - Mr Ali Dehbasi (Iranian journalist, Iranologist, researcher, and writer. Chief editor of Bukhara magazine)
4 - Mr Morteza Godarzi (Musician, instrument maker, and composer)
5 - Mr Bahman Yosefi (Lawyer)
6 - Mrs Prof Dr Shiva Dowlatabadi (Chairman of the Iranian Psychological Association, Chairwoman of the Association for the Protection of Children's Rights)
7 - Mrs Prof Dr Poupak Azimpour (Ethnologist, researcher of traditional handmade Iranian dolls, and author)
8 - Mrs Prof Dr Nayereh Tavakoli (Sociologist, researcher, member of Iranian Women's Studies Foundation, author)
9 - Mr Prof Dr Shahab Mirzaei (Architect)
10 - Mr Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (Theologian, politician, pro-democratic activist and chairman of the Institue for Interreligous Dialogue; former Vice president of Iran)
11 - Mrs Sara Etemad (Captain of Iranian National Women's Basketball Team)
12 - Mr Amirhosein Etemad (Director of Etemad Gallery)
13 - Mr Pejman Chaman Araei (Fashion Designer and Founder of the brand PJ Araei)

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