Tangled-Untangled

In 2017, as the artist was still living in Ahwaz, Iran, she could manage to obtain the permission for a one time only exhibition. For the ‘Ahwaz sound exhibition’, the artist made 6 two-string instruments with fixed pitch on the strings. On each string was a field recording of a certain part of her hometown. Audience would trigger the sounds by pulling the strings and in a manner of speaking play the town like an instrument.

As she arrived in Germany in May 2018, she was asked to exhibit at the alumni day at Mainz music school. Having to go through lots coming from Iran to Germany and leaving her roots behind, she made a bigger replica of the two-string instrument but with shifting bridges. This way the pitches did not need to be fixed on the strings and the audience would have more freedom in interacting with the instrument.