Where Silence Settles

Rooted in the emotional distance between my father and me, shaped by his battle with Alzheimer’s, Where Silence Settles embodies the dissolution of our connection as his memory fades and he no longer recognises me. During my last visit to Iran, my father entrusted me with two notebooks of poetry he wrote in his youth, verses filled with emotional depth and reflections on the social and political landscape of his time. By incorporating these poems in Farsi, rewritten in my own hand, the painting resists emotional erasure, offering a tactile, spatial, and visual language to hold onto what has been lost.

Images: Where Silence Settles Medium: This mixed-media, text, and painting installation combines pencil and ink on fabric Size: 335 cm x 250cm x 175 cm Year: 2025