{"id":340,"date":"2018-03-23T19:29:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:38:29","slug":"nightmare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/?page_id=340","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare, photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Series of 20 digital photographs, color, 40&#215;50 cm, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ParagraphStyle1StyleGroup2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This photography series is a continuation of <\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Nightmare\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\">videos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In this video, I engage in a process of reappropriation of images found in the media and social networks, combining them with photographs I have taken myself during a confrontation between two spaces: Iran and France. My aim is to explore the differences between these two countries in terms of individual and social freedom, as well as respect for human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am present in the video dressed in black, symbolizing my state of mourning for the lives lost during these protests. The overlay of dark images from the 2009 Green Movement protests in Iran onto the calm ambiance of my life in France, along with the use of a reversed sound of a poem I wrote myself about political violence in Iran, contributes to reinforcing the feelings of anxiety and oppression conveyed by this artwork.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-340 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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768w, http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nightmare-2-750x422.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nightmare-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nightmare-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nightmare-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Parya Vatankhah, contemporary visual artist, feminist performance artist, political artist, Iranian artist in exile based in Paris\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nightmare-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.parya-vatankhah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Nightmare-1-300x169.jpg 300w, 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