NOT A
TYPICAL
PERSIAN
GIRL
MARS 31TH
MAY 7TH
2023
Not A Typical Persian Girl is co-produced by Misschiefs as an immersive visual experience of the self-published book by Persian-Swedish multi-disciplinary artist duo Atoosa Farahmand (b.1991) and Oscar Hagberg (b.1994). The exhibition is composed of a site-specific selection of photographic works printed on different types of materials including textile, as well as 7 framed prints, a 32min video and sound installation.
Part of the duo’s large documentation of Farahmand’s art performances through recent years is here paired with the artists’ extensive research on the herstory of the womxn’s rights movement in Iran. Not A Typical Persian Girl is a call for attention to the bravery and tenacity of the most prominent women voices - both inside and exiled, both famous and anonymous - leading this unprecedented feminist revolution. This exhibition has been shown in different format in 2022 at Redan Gallery in Malmö and 2023 at Hinterland Gallery in Wien.
The installation in the first room with the fan is called the Blue Girl, it is a homage to the young woman who immolated herself and died in front of a football stadium in Tehran in 2019 to protest that women are banned to watch soccer games in public. Behind every page of Farahmand’s and Hagberg’s book, pictures and performances there is a message from the artists to us all: “that we take a moment to open our eyes to the precariousness of our own democracies by celebrating the womxn who have fought and still fight for equal human rights.” Atoosa Farahmand and Oscar Hagberg.
Thank you to Humlegårdens Fastigheter, the City of Stockholm and The Arts Council for your support. Sound design by anonymous Iranian artist.
The installation in the first room with the fan is called the Blue Girl, it is a homage to the young woman who immolated herself and died in front of a football stadium in Tehran in 2019 to protest that women are banned to watch soccer games in public. Behind every page of Farahmand’s and Hagberg’s book, pictures and performances there is a message from the artists to us all: “that we take a moment to open our eyes to the precariousness of our own democracies by celebrating the womxn who have fought and still fight for equal human rights.” Atoosa Farahmand and Oscar Hagberg.
Thank you to Humlegårdens Fastigheter, the City of Stockholm and The Arts Council for your support. Sound design by anonymous Iranian artist.