Nassem Navab
April 13th to May 30th 2020
Cooler Room Artist in Residence
About the project:
My work will explore cultural displacement, especially those of Islamic and Middle Eastern immigrant families living in the US. Domestic objects will be completely encapsulated in transparent vinyl. There will be visible scarring to the objects; the transparent vinyl will serve as a bandage. The objects will mirror the internal state of an immigrant’s discomfort and contradiction, self-inflicted either through systems they imported with them from the countries they fled or as a reaction to the hostile conditions imposed on them from the country they fled to.
April 13th to May 30th 2020
Cooler Room Artist in Residence
About the project:
My work will explore cultural displacement, especially those of Islamic and Middle Eastern immigrant families living in the US. Domestic objects will be completely encapsulated in transparent vinyl. There will be visible scarring to the objects; the transparent vinyl will serve as a bandage. The objects will mirror the internal state of an immigrant’s discomfort and contradiction, self-inflicted either through systems they imported with them from the countries they fled or as a reaction to the hostile conditions imposed on them from the country they fled to.
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About the Artist:
Informed by her Iranian American identity, Interdisciplinary artist Nassem Navab critically engages with a wide array of social issues, from the policing of women’s bodies to self-expression and identity. She works in various mediums from 3D modeling, video, sound, and photography. She completed her MFA at the University of Arizona in 2019. Navab received her BA in Interdisciplinary Computing Arts and Media from the University of California, San Diego in 2014. Navab has shown work at various art galleries and museums including MOCA San Diego, Visual Art Center (Austin, TX), MOCA Tucson, and CFA Downtown Studio (NMU, Albuquerque, NM). |
