Embodying Resistance
Discussion · Exhibition · Film · Performance · Poster campaign · Screening · Text
Leipzig, Teheran and Beyond / a&o Kunsthalle Leipzig and Citywide Poster Campaign
Developed in collaboration with cultural workers and activists from the Woman*, Life, Freedom movements, this project explores movement as political transformation, embodied resistance, and self-determined expression. Structured in two parts—A Collective Body in Protest and A Collective Body in Motion—the project fostered collective strategies of resistance through performances, discussions, film screenings, and urban poster campaigns. Strongly shaped through participatory processes, it centered intersectional feminist perspectives, transnational alliances, and expressed solidarity with the demands of the movement(s). Rather than emphasizing institutional frameworks, it prioritized grassroots collaboration and shared authorship, creating a dynamic space for exchanges and connections.
Curatorial Concept, Coordination
SPACE TRANSFORMER e.V. with Banafshe Esfahani, Elaheh Hatami, Gilda Sahebi, Azadeh Mirzaei and Samuel Sebastian, Shirin Farshbaf, Saeed Asadsangabi, Yazdan Jamshidi, Atefeh, Ayeda Alavie, Negin Behkam, Zohreh, Feminista Leipzig, S_aneh, Woman* Life Freedom Leipzig.
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