{"id":304,"date":"2009-10-29T02:18:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T02:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parkingallery.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:08:31","slug":"limited-access-ii-opens-tomorrow-at-azad-gallery-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parkingallery.org\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"Limited Access II at Azad Gallery Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LIMITED ACCESS II<\/span><\/h1>\n

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VIDEO | SOUND | PERFORMANCE<\/span>
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Organized by Parkingallery in collaboration with Azad Art Gallery and Mooweex.com<\/span><\/h2>\n

Azad Art Gallery No 5, Salmas Square, Golha Square, Tehran
\n31 October \u2013 4 November 2009
\nDaily Visiting Hours: Fri \u2013 Wed 4-8 pm
\nOpening night and performances: Friday 30 October, 4-8 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Curated by
\nMiha Colner \/ Ida Hirsenfelder (Ljubljana\/SL) | Amirali Ghasemi (Parkingallery\/Tehran) | Arash Khakpour (Mooweex\/Tehran) | Bita Razavi (Helsinki\/FI) |Sarah Rifky (Cairo\/EG) | Shirin Sabahi (Malmo\/SE) | Rozita Sharafjahan (Azad Art Gallery\/IR)<\/p>\n

Access to what? What limitations?<\/h2>\n

LIMITED ACCESS sounds like a disappointing title for a project, but in fact it’s not really true, it has a kind of ambiguity within it, which is a characteristic of Parkingallery projects. One should ask : “Access to what?” and “What limitations?”
\nIn the past decade, Iranian Contemporary art and specially New Media Arts has been through many ups and downs, either in the time which was temporarily celebrated by the authorities and officials, by a considerable budget and space, without necessarily establishing a constant and appropriate structure for its survival in<\/span> future, or when it visibly slowed down its development at least outside of the unofficial and private circles of artists in the recent years. And as we speak the numbers of curators and art lovers who are frequently visiting Tehran, for various reasons and intentions is highly increasing, specially now when the international Media zoomed more than ever, on Iran. The Art Market despite recent hiccups is heating up by its discoveries of middle eastern and Iranian art shows from LA to Dubai, filled with repetitive names of superstars. Meanwhile there is an independent creative scene which is emerging and is undoubtedly hard to track and describe, as its vibrancy and its continuity lies in its anonymity. In the absence of\u00a0 an inclusive reference for a proper research on multi fragmented Tehran art scene, most of the attempts which has been done to map and document the scene, remained unfinished and to some degree clueless because of the intentional shifts toward the art market and\/or falling into the traps of tribal self promotional concerns of few.<\/p>\n

LIMITED ACCESS therefore tries to gather and reconnect the artists from all disciplines to each other and reestablish their link with their emerging audience. As we believe that what is labeled and being marketed as \u201cIranian contemporary art\u201d to the art world is quite known and accessible despite all propaganda, as many individuals and collectives are paying their dues for its exposure and growth internationally, even by conflicting objectives and means. What is really missing here is a local platform, which though its structure, experiments in New Media can be seen and discussed , beyond the closed circle of the artists practicing it.
\nAs delayed echos\u00a0 of such phenomenon, often passing through mediums like Internet, books and other medias might turn the viewer into a passive consumer rather than a critical observer.<\/p>\n

These limitations could be caused by many factors, from the imposed sanctions to unofficial boycotts, to the emergence of market-oriented attitude among artists as a result of periodic temporary reception of Iranian art all around the world, beside as some other may put it, the fact that contemporary art is being rarely mentioned in the mainstream media, ignored to some extent and not supported any more.\u00a0 All these excuses are not enough to prevent us from taking the current moment for granted even if it would seem hopeless to many, and shape the future by observing and learning from it.<\/p>\n

Amirali Ghasemi, Parkingallery Oct 2009<\/p>\n

Jazire-ye Sargardani (The Wander Island)<\/h3>\n

(Video screening, Interactive installations and a collection of experimental Sound and music )
\nCurated by Amirali Ghasemi<\/p>\n

Amin Talachian | Ronak Ghoseyri | Sara Abbasian | Negar Behbahani | Ehsan Behmanesh\/ Arefeh Riahi | Ali Ettehad | Ayeh Rahimi | Amirali Mohebbinejad |\u00a0 AR2+ ISIS | Arash Fayez | Nassrin Nasser | Elika Hedayat | Arash Khakpour\/ Arash Radkiya | Amirali Navaee | Bijan Moosavi | Pedram Etemadi | Siavash Naghasbandi | Sona Safaei | Tala Madani | Azin Feizabadi | Sohrab Mostafavi Kashani | Mohammad Abbasi | Peyman Abbasian | Sohrab. M Kashani | Arash Salehi \/Arash Razzazian | Nima Esmailpour |<\/p>\n

Videos selected by Rozita Sharafjahan (Azad Art Gallery\/IR)
\nKhosro Khosravi | Behnam Kamrani | Hamed Sahihi | Ghazaleh Hedayat | Samira Eskandarifar | Mohsen Rasoulov | Minou Iranpour | Setareh Jabbari | Elham Doust Haghighi | Farid Jafari Samarghandi<\/p>\n

8513 hours in Helsinki<\/h3>\n

Curated by Bita Razavi<\/p>\n

Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Sara Pfrommer | Katarzyna Miron | Stefan Riebel | Joonas Jokiranta | Maria Ylikoski | Linda Reif | Stefan Riebel | Gregoire Rousseau | Miina Hujala | Anna Nykyri | Hanna Marno and Leena Vahvelainen | Ewa Gorzna | Teemu Kivikangas<\/p>\n

(one)self as (an)other<\/h3>\n

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Curated by Sarah Rifky (Cairo\/EG)<\/p>\n

Sherif Elbendary | Hassan Khan | Mohamed Allam | Mohamed Nabil | Shady El Noshokaty | Hossam Elsawah | Laila Sami<\/p>\n

Intelligent Systems<\/h3>\n

(installations \/ video \/ multimedia \/ documentation)
\nCurated by Miha Colner \/ Ida Hirsenfelder<\/p>\n

Tanja Vujinovic | Maja Smrekar | Robertina Sebjanic | Borut Savski | Lada Cerar & Saso Sedlacek | Vladimir Ristic | son:DA & Erinc SeymenTomaz Furlan | Neven Korda | Saso Podgorsek | Marko Kovacic & Kolja Saksida | Ana Sluga | Jaka Zelelznikar<\/p>\n

Whoever I Like Turns out to be a Weirdo, or Performative Narrations<\/h3>\n

(video screening)
\nCurated by Shirin Sabahi<\/p>\n

Kevin Murphy | Tamar Guimar\u00e3es | EllaKajsa Nordstr\u00f6m | Henning Lundkuist | Stine Ofelia Kildevang | Jo\u00e3o Leonardo | Annette Stav Johansson | Maj Hasager | Wattanai Chanakot | Ana Bezelga | Kristina Kvalvik | Maria Lusitano Santos | Hanna Paulin | Hanna Sj\u00f6strand | Lara Morais<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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