Claiming Space: Madihe Gharibi

“Fire burns, but never gets burned. Fire purifies but never becomes impure. Fire is always fire, and stays fire as long as it’s burning. Fire has been with us from the primitive beginning of human life, and it always will be.”

— Madihe Gharib

The performance-project At the Door With No Knocker raises important questions about the realities of patriarchal hegemony and examines the tools used to break down or escape these structures.

In Trondheim, Gharibi will rethink and reconstruct the piece, performed previously in Bergen and Tehran, Iran, working on a translation of cultures beyond the linguistic frame. By sharing stories of injustice and bringing participants’ accounts from previous performances, Gharibi creates a radical metaphysical space where stories of injustice are shared across borders and movements.

Throughout this performance, we are asked what it is in the pain of oppression that follows the pain of undergoing such a brutal self-immolation? How has fire been used as a “sacrifice” to achieve justice?

STED: Frihetsparken, Svartlamoen

Madihe Gharibi (b. 1995, Tehran, Iran) is a playwright and artist based in Oslo, Norway. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Literature from the University of Tehran and has a Master in Fine Art from the University of Bergen. Storytelling is her mode of expression. Her practice is intertwined with her daily life, her anxieties, fears, and sorrows, as well as her ontological view of the social and political situations she experiences as an Iranian woman in Norway. It blurs the boundary between reality and fiction.

Four temporary art works across Norway/Sápmi on the autonomy of being in public spaces.

Ta Plass: Norge/Sápmi explores public space and its role in creating norms for social expectations.

The temporary art works will occur in six cities in Norway/ Sápmi, accessible to broad audiences. Participating artists are Mohamed Mohamed, Madihe Gharibi, Kátja Rávdná and Zirenia Esquivel.

Claiming Space: Norway/Sápmi is fully funded by LOK (Lokalsamfunnsordingen) from KORO (Public Art Norway).

Fotogalleriet produces the program with curator Bassel Anis Hatoum and Miki Gebrelul, Fotogalleriet Curator and Head of Exhibitions.

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