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![WHENCE, TO WHERE]( "WHENCE, TO WHERE")
infoWHENCE, TO WHERE 2020-2022, Ahvaz, Iran 300 * 300 * 400 cm 430 Kg “WHENCE, TO WHERE” is an installation built from rusty pipes and joints sourced from recycling yards—the very conduits that once carried water through Ahvaz’s supply network. Mineral‑laden water has clogged these pipes, blocking flow and reducing pressure.
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![WHENCE, TO WHERE]( "WHENCE, TO WHERE")
infoWHENCE, TO WHERE 2020-2022, Ahvaz, Iran 300 * 300 * 400 cm 430 Kg “WHENCE, TO WHERE” is an installation built from rusty pipes and joints sourced from recycling yards—the very conduits that once carried water through Ahvaz’s supply network. Mineral‑laden water has clogged these pipes, blocking flow and reducing pressure.
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![WHENCE, TO WHERE]( "WHENCE, TO WHERE")
infoWHENCE, TO WHERE 2020-2022, Ahvaz, Iran 300 * 300 * 400 cm 430 Kg “WHENCE, TO WHERE” is an installation built from rusty pipes and joints sourced from recycling yards—the very conduits that once carried water through Ahvaz’s supply network. Mineral‑laden water has clogged these pipes, blocking flow and reducing pressure.
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![POSTCARDS FROM KARUN]( "POSTCARDS FROM KARUN")
infoIn 2017, I began traveling alongside Karun. Moving from the northern head spring towards the south of the river, I observed how the water lost its transparency and freshness due to increasing human-caused contamination along the way.
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![POSTCARDS FROM KARUN]( "POSTCARDS FROM KARUN")
infoIn 2017, I began traveling alongside Karun. Moving from the northern head spring towards the south of the river, I observed how the water lost its transparency and freshness due to increasing human-caused contamination along the way.
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![POSTCARDS FROM KARUN]( "POSTCARDS FROM KARUN")
infoIn 2017, I began traveling alongside Karun. Moving from the northern head spring towards the south of the river, I observed how the water lost its transparency and freshness due to increasing human-caused contamination along the way.
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![POSTCARDS FROM KARUN]( "POSTCARDS FROM KARUN")
infoIn 2017, I began traveling alongside Karun. Moving from the northern head spring towards the south of the river, I observed how the water lost its transparency and freshness due to increasing human-caused contamination along the way.
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![POSTCARDS FROM KARUN]( "POSTCARDS FROM KARUN")
infoIn 2017, I began traveling alongside Karun. Moving from the northern head spring towards the south of the river, I observed how the water lost its transparency and freshness due to increasing human-caused contamination along the way.
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Karun is the longest river with fresh water in Iran... ...as the river passes by Ahvaz city center it has made an imaginative connection between locals there and the river, this connection have a big role in formation of people’s emotions, feelings and loving. each person of the city have built its dignity along this river side following with the songs which have been sang after the name of “Karun”. Ahvaz is the most polluted city in this country. Karun River is also polluted. There are 13 locations which discharge the sewage of Ahvaz city into Karun River. The shallow water of this river does not have enough capacity to contain a large volume of these polluted wastes. The smell of wastewater felt in city and walking along the river is not allowed Discharge of urban and industrial sewage's and agricultural and hospital sewage waters in Karun River has a direct impact on water quality of this river, so in the most days of the year the water of this river is useless. The shallow water of this river does not have enough capacity to contain a large volume of these polluted wastes. The drinking water of Ahvaz city is provided from Karun River.
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![POSTCARDS FROM KARUN]( "POSTCARDS FROM KARUN")
infoIn 2017, I began traveling alongside Karun. Moving from the northern head spring towards the south of the river, I observed how the water lost its transparency and freshness due to increasing human-caused contamination along the way.
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Curriculum vitae
Education
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Self-taught
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2021 - 2022Critically addressing environmental issues Prince Clause Fund & Goethe Institut
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2012 - 2013Enrico Bossan Masterclass Fabrica Communications Research Centre
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2005 - 2007Kamal-ol-Molk Art School Tehran diploma
exhibitions
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2025VASTE GROND Amsterdam, Netherlands Met de serie ‘Postcards from Karun’ maken Negin Kazemi en Morteza Soorani de vervuiling en uitdroging van de Karun zichtbaar. De Karun is de langste zoetwaterrivier in Iran, het land waar ze beiden vandaan komen. Door droogte en dambouw raakt de rivier steeds verder uit balans: het water wordt zouter, het land degradeert. Het werk is niet alleen een vorm van documentatie, maar ook een verzet tegen de schade aan het milieu. Als kijker wordt je uitgenodigd stil te staan bij de gevolgen van vervuiling voor het landschap en voor de mensen die ervan leven. Kazemi en Soorani onderzoeken zo de relatie tussen mens en water en tonen hoe milieuvervuiling en uitdroging ecosystemen en gemeenschappen beïnvloeden. De analoge foto’s, ontwikkeld met water uit de Karun, brengen de sporen van verval letterlijk in beeld. De vervormingen en effecten in de foto’s zijn een direct gevolg van de veranderende rivier. www.kunsttrajectamsterdam.nl/archief/projecten/vaste-grond Group
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2023Festival les Instants Video Marseille, France Karun is the longest river with fresh water in Iran. As the river passes by the Ahvaz city center, it has made an imaginative connection between locals there and the river; this connection has a big role in forming people’s emotions, feelings, and love. Each person in the city has built their dignity along this riverside, followed by the songs sung after the name of “Karun.” Ahvaz is the most polluted city in this country. Karun River is also polluted. 13 locations discharge the sewage of Ahvaz City into Karun River. The shallow water of this river does not have enough capacity to contain a large volume of these polluted wastes. The smell of wastewater felt in the city, and walking along the river is not allowed Discharge of urban and industrial sewage and agricultural and hospital sewage waters in Karun River has a direct impact on the water quality of this river, so in most days of the year, the water of this river is useless. The shallow water of this river does not have enough capacity to contain a large volume of these polluted wastes. The Karun River provides the drinking water of Ahvaz City. www.instantsvideo.com/blog/video/gps/ Group
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2023Words on Water Words on Water is a series of Room For Doubt programs, which brings together different artistic positions on Water, and its essential role in our life now tinted with political, environmental, and economic readings. In the context of Vienna, the initial project of "Words on Water" has evolved into a rich and multi-layered tapestry of media. This constellation draws from diverse geographies and mindscapes, orbiting around concepts of borders, the politics of inclusion and exclusion, collective memory, and actionable change. www.hinterland.ag/2023/wordsonwater Group
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2019Limited Access Festival Iran Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Open call for video, experimental film, animation, sound art, and interactive works limitedaccessfestival.com/9/en/ Group
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2013Iranian Living Room Treviso, Italy Group
Publications
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2013Iranian Living Room Book Fabrica (Communication Research Centre for the Benetton Group), Italy Italy www.amazon.co.uk/Iranian-Living-Room/dp/889083465X In this living room both literal and metaphorical, we are privileged to discover multiple interpretations of Iranian reality: cultural differences and similarities, solitude and conviviality, relaxation and excitement, dressing up for an interior life versus dressing up for the street, the rhythms of religious ceremony and the patterns of everyday life.
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2022CAREC Cycle 1 Website Netherlands princeclausfund.nl/awards-and-programmes/fellows-award/carec/cycle-1 The 12 CAREC Cycle 1 Awardees come from 11 different countries all over the world and work across a variety of disciplines, each addressing a particular pressing environmental issue, often locally and personally rooted, but speaking to the global challenges humanity is facing in the climate crisis.
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--CAREC Cycle 1 Website Netherlands carec.space/artist/morteza-soorani/ The 12 CAREC Cycle 1 Awardees come from 11 different countries all over the world and work across a variety of disciplines, each addressing a particular pressing environmental issue, often locally and personally rooted, but speaking to the global challenges humanity is facing in the climate crisis.
Awards and grants
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2022CULTURAL & ARTISTIC RESPONSES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Prince Claus Fund Amsterdam, Netherlands CULTURAL & ARTISTIC RESPONSES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS by the Prince Claus Fund & Goethe-Institut