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Blue Bird
Exhibited artists: Ghasemi brothers
Ghasemi Brothers – Morteza, Sina, and Mojtaba Ghasemi Sheelsar – have worked together since 2015. They pursue their painting individually but work together on a single piece when part of the collective. The trio works freely and without thematic or technique-related limits, giving them room to express themselves freely. Their approach has provided them with the ability to continue working together. In the beginning, they created a single discourse based on the themes and interests they shared. Ghasemi Brothers gradually started to paint objects that were reminiscent of their native city, the coastal area of Bandar Anzali, and its ecology – the Caspian Sea, rain, and the colour blue.
Their collaborative work has been featured in “Red Room” (Dastan’s Basement, July 2016), “Red Room 2: Migratory Birds” curated by Roya Khadjavi (Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, April 2017), and “Blue Room” (V-Gallery, a Dastan: Outside Project, 2018).
Liminal
Exhibited artist: Ali Phi
Presenting Qal, Enfeal, and Decompositions for Computers, this exhibition delves into the interplay of light, intangible digital codes, and generative particles. Each work explores the delicate balance between the visible and the unseen, using technology as the material to illuminate the hidden.
Ali Phi is a transmedia artist based in Toronto. His works are at the intersection of art, science, and technology, Through installations, autonomous machines, and performances, he explores the underlying mechanisms of new media, technology, interactions and data.
In his practice, architecture and space play a vital role both metaphorically and physically. He sought the interaction between the physical perception of the human body and its mind experiments of space to provoke new imaginaries in both artificial and the real worlds; By utilizing computer programming and generative algorithms, he produces interactive and generative media that involve the relationship between geometry, pattern, light, and poetry. His creations often incorporate transparent, reflective, and modular elements, combined with mathematics, particle systems, and point clouds.
He has performed live in both new media and technology realms; he is known for his live performances, which embed generative and time-based material with sound and computational dialogues to create experiences through data visualization and has been awarded multiple prizes and grants for his artistic work, including the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and Photon Foundation Poland.
As the artistic director of TADAEX (Tehran Annual Digital Arts Exhibition) for the last five editions, He also wore multiple hats as a jury, mentor, and lecturer and held numerous workshops in participation with Toronto Art Council, York University Toronto, and Virginia Commonwealth University of the Arts Qatar and has performed and exhibited in Ars Electronica (Austria), Mutek (Montreal, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Dubai), the Ontario Science Centre (Canada), Virginia Commonwealth University of the Arts (Qatar), The Tehran Architecture Biennial (Iran), Patchlab Digital Art Festival (Poland), Asia Now: Paris Asian Art Fair (France), Art Brussels (Belgium) and New Now (Germany) besides other exhibitions in Canada, USA, UAE and Turkey.
Duration: 1 hour
Dive in the life of exhibited artists Ghasemi Brothers and Ali Phi and discover their practices.