Artist statement: Since relocating from Iran to Australia, I have attempted to highlight the complexities within contemporary notions of interchangeable identities and cultural difference. My practice of multiple-channel video, photography, performance, installation, 3D objects and sound, seeks to establish a symmetry or counterbalance of cultural and intellectual separation between East and West. ‘#11’ from the 33 beads series, engages these conditions through the compulsive and predominantly male habit of handling traditional prayer and non-prayer beads (worry beads/tasbih), in response to the fluctuating conditions of being ‘worried’ or ‘unworried’ about major life issues and concerns. The tension between the female hands and the worry beads suggests an unspoken metaphor – to hold on to one’s past or to let it go, sensing the cyclical and infinite nature of the human condition.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
