MFA Thesis Exhibition (Please Touch The Art)
This thesis presents a series of interactive installations that examine the relationship between artwork and viewer through participation and direct engagement. Rather than positioning the audience as passive observers, the work invites them to become active contributors, whose presence and decisions directly shape how each piece develops. Each interaction produces different outcomes depending on how people choose to engage, often marked by moments of hesitation, curiosity, and uncertainty. The installations function as evolving environments that shift through continuous interaction. As people enter and respond to the work, it gradually transforms, revealing how both individual actions and collective behavior influence the overall experience. These encounters often involve moments of decision-making and negotiation, exposing the subtle ways visitors navigate participation within a shared space. By centering participation and lived experience, this project reconsiders the role of the viewer and frames art as something continuously formed rather than fixed. It proposes an approach to exhibition making that is open and responsive, where meaning emerges through presence, interaction, and exchange.
Sarve Javidan (Eternal Cypress)
Mirror Mosaic Sculpture · Light Installation
Sarve Javidan (Eternal Cypress) is a mirror mosaic sculpture inspired by the Persian cypress as a symbol of resilience, memory, and connection. Fragmented reflections and projected light patterns invite viewers to see themselves through multiple perspectives
Sarve Javidan (Eternal Cypress), mirror mosaic sculpture, 2026
Sarve Javidan (Eternal Cypress), mirror mosaic sculpture, 2026
Tic-Tac-Choose
Interactive Game Installation · Social Dynamics & Choice
A card game that embeds moral dilemmas into Tic-Tac-Toe using double-sided statement cards. Players are forced to choose between winning the match and standing by their conscience, transforming a simple tabletop game into a space for deep human connection
Tik-Tac-Choose, Card game, 2026
Tik-Tac-Choose, Card game, 2026
Collaborative Canvas
Participatory Installation · Collective Mark-Making
A collaborative project that transforms an orderly 240-square grid into a layered field of community gestures and traces. By inviting uninhibited public participation, the piece explores individual boundaries and shared rhythms, redefining completion as an ongoing process shaped by many hands.
Collaborative Canvas, Mixed media, 2026
Collaborative Canvas, Mixed media, 2026
Beyond the Veil
Interactive Video Installation · Media Representation & Algorithmic Bias
Beyond the Veil explores the distortion of Iranian identity in Western narratives. By contrasting static, AI-generated stereotypes with an immersive environment of authentic footage from within Iran, the installation exposes algorithmic bias and invites viewers to step beyond the surface of media representation.
Beyond the Veil, Multimedia installation, 2026
Beyond the Veil, Multimedia installation, 2026
The Shahr-e Sukhteh Bowl Reborn
Kinetic Sculpture & Zoetrope · Strobe Animation & Digital Critique
A tactile recreation of the world's oldest animation, a 5,200-year-old Iranian pottery vessel, brought to life through a user-activated pottery wheel and strobe light. By omitting the ancient "Tree of Life" to trap the animated subject in an infinite loop, the piece reframes an archaeological marvel as a critique of the endless cycle of modern digital consumption.
The Shahr-e Sukhteh Bowl Reborn, Interactive sculpture, 2026
The Shahr-e Sukhteh Bowl Reborn, Interactive sculpture, 2026
The Orange Pause
Participatory Installation · Behavioral Interaction & Choice
A subtle behavioral installation featuring unlabeled mandarin oranges placed at the exhibition's entrance. By leaving the gesture open to interpretation, the piece leverages visitor hesitation and choice, transforming the physical consumption and slow disappearance of the fruit into a collective, living interaction.
