The Interstitium 2018
Laleh Mehran constructs elaborate artworks focused on complex often disavowed relationships between politics religion and science Mehran calls attention to these tacit connections while...
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Laleh Mehran constructs elaborate artworks focused on complex, often disavowed relationships between politics, religion, and science. Mehran calls attention to these tacit connections while raising the question of our personal relation to each of these essential frameworks.
The Interstitium immerses the viewer in a space both familiar and distant where Boroosh (ancient Persian for “glimmer of light”) have emerged from the surfaces. The Boroosh are interconnected, and when they sense your presence, they yearn to make connections with you. Other surfaces are portals that converge and extend the search for meaning into the infinite. From the sides of the void, sparks become light, and from that energy, stories emerge.
Performing those stories around a fire was how history was shared for tens of thousands of years, with each person changing the tale to suit thier message. We still share stories because they serve as connective threads, telling us who we are, how we should act, and what to believe.
Curated by Adam Welch
Laleh Mehran is an Iranian-American artist based in Denver, Colorado. Her work explores issues around dissent and exile, and often includes sophisticated electronic elements. Mehran received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Electronic Time-Based Media, and is now a Professor in the Emergent Digital Practices program at the University of Denver. Her work has been shown individually and collaboratively around the U.S. and internationally.