Teer Art week 2019

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The inaugural edition of Teer Art week 2019 took place 4-11 January 2019 in locations throughout Tehran.

From gallery openings to art works placed in public places to a week-long series of talks, the first Teer Art program brought together participating galleries, curators, artists and the general public to create opportunities for dialogue and cross-references between art and everyday life.

This effort was possible through the collaboration of galleries, art spaces and Iran’s community of art practitioners.

Application

Gallery applications to Teer Art week 2019 closed on 6 November 2018.

Program

Curatorial projects

Teer Art week 2019 curatorial projects focused on art and the city. Iranian curators were invited to work in collaboration with an artist of their choice to exhibit artworks in non-gallery spaces that told a facet of Tehran’s history. From book bazaars to alleyways, from museum doorsteps to car garages, the locations below cast a new look on the links between artists, their practice and the city.

Curator	Artists	Title	Location
Akram Ahmadi Tavana	Yasmin Sinai	Armor	Hanna Boutique Hotel No 7, Lolagar Alley, Neauphle-le-Chateau St.
Aidin Bagheri	Aidin Bagheri, Hamid Reza Alisani	The Place of Martyrs	840 Enghelab St., corner of Abivard St. between Vali-e-Asr crossroad and Ferdowsi Sq
Ali Bakhtiari	Morteza Pourhosseini		Khoosheh Bookstore, 2nd floor, Safavi Grand Book Bazaar, Enghelab Square Fridays 4 &11/01 4-9pm; other days 11am-9pm
Zohreh Deldadeh	Najaf Shokri	The Registering Congregation of Iranians	1: Abu Sa’id St, between Vahdat Eslami & Gholami Nik 2: Imam Khomeini Ave, between Hasan Abad & Sheikh Hadi 3: Mirzaye Shirazi St., between Karimkhan Zand & Khedri St.
Aria Kasaei		40 posters for the 40th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 revolution	Safavi Grand Book Bazaar, Enghelab Square
Sohrab Kashani	Siavash Naghshbandi	The Lift	3^rd floor window, Saman Towers (tower #2), Keshavarz Blvd., (between Felestin St. and Vesal St. and next to Pars hospital) Timings: every day 5-9pm
Peyman Pourhosein	Morteza Momayez	“Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art” poster	Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Karegar St. (Next to Laleh Park)
Tarlan Rafiee & Yashar Samimi Mofakham	Parviz Tanavoli, Kamran Diba & Massoud Arabshahi	Remains of Tehran’s identity	1. City Theatre public space 2. Niavaran Cultural Complex, 3. Tejarat Bank, 182 Taleghani St. (between Nejatollahi St. and Gharani St.)
Mohammad Rezaee-Kalantari		Art History: When and Where? Ghandriz Hall, a re-reading of art history	Ghandriz Hall, 20, Enghelab St., (next to Niloofar Bookstore), Daneshgah St.
Foad Sharifi	Foad Sharifi	Stone Direction	Vali-e-Asr Junction towards Vali-e-Asr Sq.
Homayoun Sirizi	Michel Setboun	The Heroic Oil Workers Also Went to Work	Baradaran Garage, 43 Seoul St., Vanak
Mahoor Toosi	Nastaran Safaei	Invitation to a Flânerie	Hanna Boutique Hotel 7, Lolagar Alley, Neauphle-le-Chateau St.
Morteza Zahedi	Davood Koochaki & Salim Karami	“Outsider Artists” projects	Beethoven Music Center and House Museum, 69, Mirza Shirazi St., Karimkhan Zand St.

Talks

All talks organized by Pejman Foundation and conceived by Sohrab Kashani
Technical Director: Javid Ghaem Maghami

All talks are open to the public

Café Godot Yas
Gol-e Yas Alley, Mohammadi St., Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran.
Talks at Café Godot Yas take place between 4-6pm

Topic	Moderator	Speakers	Day
Art weeks: On setting up art weeks in Iran	Sohrab Mahdavi	Hormoz Hematian, Maryam Majd and Hamidreza Pejman	Saturday 5 January
Curating archives: Archival exhibitions in Tehran	Hamidreza Pejman	Ali Bakhtiari and Venetia Porter (Skype)	Sunday 6 January
Curating in public: Selected projects TAW 2019	Aidin Xankeshipour	Homayoun Askari Sirizi, Zohreh Deldadeh and Mohammad Rezaei Kalantari	Monday 7 January
The gallerist’s choice		Daniele Balice (Skype) and Sam Samiee	Tuesday 8 January
Art critique as a public mediator		Homayoun Sirizi, Helia Darabi and Sohrab Mahdavi	Wednesday 9 January
Artist residencies: On the importance of artistic mobility and exchange	Ashkan Zahrai	Maryam Bagheri (Kooshk Residency), Ceemin Golshan (Aria Residency), Samira Hashemi (Va space) and Sohrab Kashani (Sazmanab, Pejman Foundation: Kandovan)	Thursday 10 January

Vartan House
No. 514, West Taleghani Ave., Felestin Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Talks at Vartan House take place between 6-8pm

TOPIC	MODERATOR	SPEAKERS	DAY
Art galleries’ role in reimagining art in public	Shahed Saffari	Orkideh Daroudi, Rozita Sharafjahan and Shabahang Tayyari	Saturday 5 January
On curating, locally and globally	Tahereh Sariban	Odile Burluraux and Susann Wintsch (Skype)	Sunday 6 January
Public art in Tehran	Amirali Ghasemi	Negar Farajiani, Hooman Mortazavi and Foad Sharifi	Monday 7 January
Nasser Khosrow, Marco Polo, Now: Cultural Travelers		Guilia Crispiani, Summaya Kassem Ali, Golrokh Nafisi and Sam Samiee	Tuesday 8 January
Alt. art education: Art institutes in Tehran	Namdar Shirazian	Mina Hassani (Khanesh Institute), Fereshte Moosavi (Charsoo Honar) and Behrang Samadzadegan (Aria Art Classes)	Wednesday 9 January
Independent artist-run spaces in Tehran	Ashkan Zahrai	Amirali Ghasemi (Parkingallery, New Media Society), Sohrab Kashani (Sazmanab) and Sadra Wejdani (BonGah)	Thursday 10 January

Iranian Artists Forum
Amirkhani Hall
Art Park, North Moosavi St. (Forsat), Taleghani Ave., Tehran, Iran.

Topic	Speakers	Day	Time
Deconstructing Protest Art	Sahar Aalayi and Mahyar Alinaghi	Monday 7 January	15:30-17:30

Khanesh Institute
No. 11, Behesht Alley, North Bahar St., Taleghani Ave., Tehran, Iran.
Talks at Khanesh Institute take place between 3-5pm

Topic	Moderator	Speakers	Day
On urban mindscape and Iran’s contemporary art	Nastaran Saremy	Poorya Jahanshad and Behnam Sadighi	Tuesday 8 January
City, the substratum of numerous narratives		Hoofar Haghighi	Friday 11 January

Projects

New Media Society
3, Araabi 3 Alley, North Kheradmand St., Karimkhan St.
New Media Society will host “Conversations over a ping-pong table” every day during Teer Art week between 4-8pm

Hedayat Gallery
15, 6th St., Nejatollahi St.
Hedayat Gallery is open every day during Teer Art week from 11am-9pm
Private collection of Tintin figurines and sculptures

Tehran Art Shop
791, Khark St., Enghelab Ave.
Shakespeare bookstore / Second Show, a show by emerging artists

Iranian Artists Forum
Bagh-e Honar, North Mousavi St., Taleghani St.

Opportunity, a visual arts show
Tehran, the invisible city, presented by Badbadak Art Institute & Children’s Research Institute Donya

TEER ART WEEK PANEL DISCUSSIONS 2019

Saturday 5 January

Panel Discussion (Café Godot Yas 16:00-18:00)

Art weeks: On setting up art weeks in Iran

The founders and directors of Teer Art Hormoz Hematian, Maryam Majd and Hamidreza Pejman speak about art weeks as unique opportunities to see art in a variety of different places in cities by bringing together art practitioners, art enthusiasts and art venues. They will address the importance of setting up art weeks in Tehran and in other cities of Iran.

Speakers: Hormoz Hematian, Maryam Majd, Hamidreza Pejman

Moderator: Sohrab Mahdavi

Panel Discussion (Vartan House 18:00-20:00)

Art galleries’ role in reimagining art in public

An investigation of the role of art galleries in reimagining art in public through a presentation of artists’ projects in public spaces in recent years. The panel will discuss the importance of supporting such practices and projects.

Speakers: Orkideh Daroudi, Rozita Sharafjahan, Shabahang Tayyari

Moderator: Shahed Saffari

Sunday 6 January

Panel Discussion (Café Godot Yas 16:00-18:00)

Curating archives: Archival exhibitions in Tehran

The panel will discuss the concept of archives and their role as a source for curatorial work practice supported by examples in Tehran over the last decade.

Speakers: Ali Bakhtiari, Venetia Porter [Skype]

Moderator: Hamidreza Pejman

Panel Discussion (Vartan House 18:00-20:00)

On curating, locally and globally

A presentation by select curators of their curatorial practices over the years, with a focus on recent projects. Presentations will be followed by a group discussion revolving around some of the differences between curating locally and globally.

Speakers: Odile Burluraux, Susann Wintsch [Skype]

Moderator: Tahereh Sariban

Monday 7 January

Panel Discussion (Café Godot Yas 16:00-18:00)

Curating in public: Selected projects TAW 2019

Curators of TAW’s first curatorial programme will discuss the projects they undertook in different locations in Tehran in the framework of Teer Art Week’s curatorial project.

Speakers: Homayoun Askari Sirizi, Zohreh Deldadeh, Mohammad Rezaei Kalantari

Moderator: Aidin Xankeshipour

Panel Discussion (Vartan House 18:00-20:00)

Public art in Tehran

Panelists will discuss public art in Tehran illustrated by examples of their personal, Tehran-based public art projects.

Speakers: Negar Farajiani, Hooman Mortazavi, Foad Sharifi

Moderator: Amirali Ghasemi

Tuesday 8 January

Conversation (Café Godot Yas 16:00-18:00)

The gallerist’s choice

Gallerist Daniele Balice and artist Sam Samiee will discuss how dealers and artists begin a professional relationship. Balice will explain the process of his choices, ranging from instinctual to intellectual.

Speakers: Daniele Balice [Skype], Sam Samiee

Panel Discussion (Vartan House 18:00-20:00)

Nasser Khosrow, Marco Polo, Now: Cultural Travellers

Guilia Crispiani, Summaya Kassem Ali, Golrokh Nafisi and Sam Samiee will comment on two medieval travellers – Nasser Khosrow and Marco Polo – who engaged in mapping the worlds they knew at the time. Golrokh Nafisi and Guilia Crispiani will elaborate on Khosrow and Polo as distinct among their contemporaries: they not only engaged in market practices and mercantile activity but used these as excuses for broader interests such as culture and knowledge. Summaya Kassem Ali and Sam Samiee will respond with an elaboration of the anthropological aspects of markets and cultures, cultural mobility and histories of the market, movement, and colonial impacts on the remembering of ideational distinctions.

Speakers: Guilia Crispiani, Summaya Kassem Ali, Golrokh Nafisi, Sam Samiee

Wednesday 9 January

 Panel Discussion (Café Godot Yas 16:00-18:00)

Art critique as a public mediator

Can art critiquing act as a mediator between art and the public? Do art critics play a role in increasing the value of private collections, and how? And how does art writing and art critiquing enrich popular society? Can contemporary art critiquing act independently from modern financial apparatuses? Is contemporary art critiquing itself not part and parcel of the production of art? These are some of the questions this panel will address.

Speakers: Homayoun Askari Sirizi, Helia Darabi, Sohrab Mahdavi

Panel Discussion (Vartan House 18:00-20:00)

Alt. art education: Art institutes in Tehran

Formal education systems are known for their rigid structures, creating limitations no longer attune with today’s interconnected and fluid world. Alternative education models, whose social significance has often been neglected by the structures of formal education, are becoming increasingly relevant. Private art institutes and organisations enter the scene, offering programmes in disciplines rarely covered in the official curriculum of art universities in Iran. Although unaccredited in the traditional sense, these independent institutes provide courses that benefit the practice of artists in a variety of ways. Each panellist will present their own institute and, in a follow-up group, discussion will speak about the importance of setting up alternative educational programmes in Iran.

Speakers: Mina Hassani (Khanesh Institute), Fereshte Moosavi (Charsoo Honar), Behrang Samadzadegan (Aria Art Classes)

Moderator: Namdar Shirazian

Thursday 10 January

Panel Discussion (Café Godot Yas 16:00-18:00)

Artist residencies: On the importance of artistic mobility and exchange

The panel will discuss the importance of artist residencies in the development of the practices of artists who take part in them and will present some of the international collaborations that were made between local and international artists through each panellist’s residency programmes.

Speakers: Maryam Bagheri (Kooshk Residency), Ceemin Golshan (Aria Residency), Samira Hashemi (Va space), Sohrab Kashani (Sazmanab, Pejman Foundation: Kandovan)

Moderator: Ashkan Zahrai

Panel Discussion (Vartan House 18:00-20:00)

Independent artist-run spaces in Tehran

The panel will discuss the importance of running non-profit artist-run spaces in Tehran, with each participant presenting their own space and project.

Speakers: Amirali Ghasemi (Parkingallery, New Media Society), Sohrab Kashani (Sazmanab), Sadra Wejdani (BonGah)

Moderator: Ashkan Zahrai

Parallel Panels

Monday 7 January

Panel Discussion (Iranian Artists Forum 15:30-17:30)

Deconstructing Protest Art

Is it possible to cast an objective and neutral view upon the conceptualization of overlapping turning-points between philosophy, arts and psychoanalysis without taking socio-historical packages into account? What do contemporary psychoanalytic approaches have to say about the status of art in the mindset of an Iranian audience? What factors of l’air-du-temps condemn an artwork to persecution rather than contemplation? What are some of the existing obstacles in creating dialogue between Iranian artists and their audience?

Speakers: Sahar Aalayi, Mahyar Alinaghi

Tuesday 8 January

Panel Discussion (Khanesh Institute 15:00-17:00)

On urban mindscape and Iran’s contemporary art

The panel will discuss the notion of “urban mindscape” supported by examples drawn from Iranian contemporary art. In the analysis of urban identity, the panel will address how the making and unmaking of space, in the context of Iranian urban life, can help create a more precise conception of Iranian contemporary society.

Speakers: Hamed Jaberha, Poorya Jahanshad, Behnam Sadighi

Moderator: Nastaran Saremy

Friday 11 January

Lecture (Khanesh Institute 15:00-17:00)

City, the substratum of numerous narratives

Approaching this talk with an essentialist perspective and a phenomenological method, the speaker explores the life and decline of urban photography and its boundaries. He will address the question of how the city can become a potential substratum as well as an endless source of inspiration and meaningful production for photography as a medium.

Speaker: Hoofar Haghighi

Residencies

Pejman Foundation: Kandovan
No. 17, Ghazali St., Hafez Ave.

Title	Artists	Type of project	Day	Time
Bring the Brains	Peyman Shafieezadeh by Homayoun Sirizi	Artwork on display	4-11 January	11am–9pm

Kooshk Residency / Kooshk Talks

30, Malek-ol-Shoara St., Vazandeh St., South Mofateh St.

Type of project	Day	Time
Introducing the artists of the residency	Tuesday 8 January	5–7pm

Galleries

Selection Committee

Myrna Ayad

Myrna Ayad (born 1977, Beirut, Lebanon) is a Dubai-based arts consultant, cultural strategist and editor. From 2016-2018, Ayad was Director of Art Dubai and a jurist for the Abraaj Group Art Prize. Ayad has written for The New York Times, CNN Online, The Art Newspaper, Artforum, Artsy, Artnet, Wallpaper* and The National. For eight years, she served as editor of Canvas, the premier magazine for art and culture from the Middle East and Arab world. Ayad is Editor of Art Scene UAE: Visual Arts Practices in the Emirates (Canvas Central, forthcoming, 2019) and Contemporary Kingdom: The Saudi Art Scene Now (Canvas Central, 2014). Ayad has served as a nominator for the Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Emerging Artists Fellowship since 2013 and since 2017, is also a nominator for the UAE art pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Negar Azimi

Negar Azimi is a writer and the Senior Editor of Bidoun, an award-winning publishing and curatorial platform (www.bidoun.org). Her writing has appeared in Artforum, Frieze, The New York Review of Books, and The New Yorker among other venues. She is a past recipient of the Andy Warhol Arts Writers Grant and in 2017 delivered the tenth annual AICA/USA Distinguished Critic Lecture at the New School. She served as an advisor for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, and her most recent curatorial effort was, with colleagues Klaus Biesenbach, Tiffany Malakooti, and Babak Radboy, the first-ever retrospective of the Iranian-born avant-garde theater director Reza Abdoh at MoMA PS1 in New York. She is also a member of the Beirut-based Arab Image Foundation.

Daniele Balice

Italian-born Daniele Balice started working as an art editor and writer in Milan and Paris. In 1999, he moved to New York where he worked as a freelance writer and gallery director. In 2008, Balice opened Balice Hertling gallery in Paris’ Belleville neighborhood. The gallery quickly gained international recognition and participated in a number of international fairs. Artists launched by the gallery include Neil Beloufa, Isabelle Cornaro, Xinyi Cheng and Camille Blatrix. Daniele now runs another gallery location in Paris’ 3rd and has developed strong ties in places such as Lebanon, China and Iran. He is a contributor to several publications and one of the founders of Paris Avant-Première, a novel initiative that promotes a new cosmopolitan generation of galleries and art spaces in Paris.

Rozita Sharafjahan

Born in 1962 in Tehran, Rozita Sharafjahan is the founder and director of Azad Art Gallery. Active since the fall of 1999 and located in close quarters to the University of Tehran, Azad Art Gallery under Sharafjahan’s leadership has maintained itself as a space for artistic experiments of all kinds and continues to support a generation of young, avant-garde artists. A practicing artist herself, Sharafjahan holds a BA in Painting and an MA in Art Research from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University. Over the course of her career, Sharafjahan has held over ten solo shows and participated in over 130 national and international group exhibitions, biennials and art festivals. She is a regular contributor of the local press on matters of fine art and is regularly sought out by various forums as a moderator and art critic.

Behzad Hatam

Between 1971 and 1979, Hatam served as graphic designer and PR director of Roudaki Hall. In this time, Hatam also acted as art director of the weekly magazine Javan and art critic at Roudaki magazine and Tamasha. From 1990 onwards, Hatam founded ‘Persian Art Consultants’ in Germany and served as art director of the monthly magazine Film International. He also founded and directed RawAD, a Tehran-based advertising and media company. A collector of Iranian modern and contemporary art, Hatam opened his own art space in 2008 under the name gallery10.tehran. In 2016, Hatam established the Pari Safa Music Foundation in memory of his late wife, an author and publisher of numerous articles and books on avant-garde music and dance.

Travel

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