FARIBA SAMSAMI: Interactive Translocation

Samsami's more recent art practice continues to criticise the control of women's bodies in Iran but also promotes the importance of cross-cultural dialogue and awareness in a de facto multicultural context like Canada. This desire for openness and communication manifest within her new works takes

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on a heightened significance particularly within post-September-11th North America, where those of Middle Eastern origins are oft vilified. This thematic evolution was marked formally in her work by a shift from sculptural installations to interactive new media works that integrally depend on the participation of the viewer. Her exhibition at the MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) brings together two pieces in this vein: "Reframing" (2005) and "Interactive Translocation" (2008).'

(Abstract from essay by Eva Labrais)

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