Amir Naghavi
Amir Naghavi is an Iranian, Tehran-born visual and media artist who works between video, installation and performance. Amir considers artistic media as tools to work with anecdotal narratives, drawing from his dreams and his everyday experience of being a migrant. Social media platforms have been functioning as a showcase for Amir’s art practice and have partly influenced the way he engages in the artistic process. Amir is currently studying Film at Freie Universität Berlin.
“I left my country in search for more freedom and stability in my life, and for possibilities to work freely in the cultural field. As I am writing this, the financial and social problems in Iran are worsening due to a mosaic of issues. The country’s economy is being crushed due to the economic sanctions. Consequently the cultural scene and the arts are losing their significance and relevance as tools to educate and make peoples’ lives better. Alongside this, the brutal ideological rhetoric of the governing regime limits the people’s freedoms on an everyday basis. However, when describing my home country’s issues and problems I tend to remain cautious not to present myself as a victim and my country as a country of victims (a discourse which reproduces an Eurocentric view of the world, I think).
I belong to a rather privileged social group in Iran. Hence, I was able to pursue my interests in the field of arts and later, I was able to reach Berlin to study and live here. This is not possible for the overwhelming majority of Iran’s population.”
Amir Naghavi on Social Media
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