https://sepidehhassani.com Sepideh Hassani Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:18:36 +0000 https://sepidehhassani.com en https://sepidehhassani.com/Main Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:07:52 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/Main <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8051bc683987345e1690cf0380b998726386e0401301f109615b4a2e473434ab/allee-de-Dykes.jpg" data-mid="39384356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8051bc683987345e1690cf0380b998726386e0401301f109615b4a2e473434ab/allee-de-Dykes.jpg" /> https://sepidehhassani.com/Projects Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:07:52 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/Projects untitled #3 untitled #2 bodies of steel untitled #1 unfolding hands on daily dose gentle reminder picture me in diaspora wanna bother you https://sepidehhassani.com/untitled-3 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:18:36 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/untitled-3 untitled #3, 2025 steel, polyester <img width="6358" height="4241" width_o="6358" height_o="4241" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23319c876d8b8ed88a46e9c17c60e78d179af88a24b16da495e68ea9e0a2a614/pandoras-box-2025-c-marcella-ruiz-cruz-highres-9688.jpg" data-mid="243445289" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23319c876d8b8ed88a46e9c17c60e78d179af88a24b16da495e68ea9e0a2a614/pandoras-box-2025-c-marcella-ruiz-cruz-highres-9688.jpg" /> <img width="5464" height="8192" width_o="5464" height_o="8192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7af92c9d714ee73e686ac21a5f0ba7b3cfc84e22fb742fa0665bb07007b79234/pandoras-box-2025-c-marcella-ruiz-cruz-highres-9798.jpg" data-mid="243445291" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7af92c9d714ee73e686ac21a5f0ba7b3cfc84e22fb742fa0665bb07007b79234/pandoras-box-2025-c-marcella-ruiz-cruz-highres-9798.jpg" /> <img width="5464" height="7650" width_o="5464" height_o="7650" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83b11cfab2f52dc53ebd220b12712fffbe23abec527d51dd6fb0650e0e8275bb/pandoras-box-2025-c-marcella-ruiz-cruz-highres-9687.jpg" data-mid="243445287" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83b11cfab2f52dc53ebd220b12712fffbe23abec527d51dd6fb0650e0e8275bb/pandoras-box-2025-c-marcella-ruiz-cruz-highres-9687.jpg" /> https://sepidehhassani.com/untitled-2 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:30:44 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/untitled-2 untitled #2, 2024 steel, polyester <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb87da41bf925cca38c1652a8e2b3356ac7ab8382740d1cd0e5460292220d686/wlf_1.jpg" data-mid="243445207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb87da41bf925cca38c1652a8e2b3356ac7ab8382740d1cd0e5460292220d686/wlf_1.jpg" /> <img width="3023" height="4031" width_o="3023" height_o="4031" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd3b7f74489b560a3ff9e6b7fa8924d2bfb8042faf43a8b536091ae8f3068078/WLF_2.jpg" data-mid="243445205" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd3b7f74489b560a3ff9e6b7fa8924d2bfb8042faf43a8b536091ae8f3068078/WLF_2.jpg" /> <img width="3023" height="4031" width_o="3023" height_o="4031" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26cb5814f66a01cd8f87710cfea2a3ad11457809b46871ccfbb52bcf4650c435/WLF_3.jpg" data-mid="243445206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26cb5814f66a01cd8f87710cfea2a3ad11457809b46871ccfbb52bcf4650c435/WLF_3.jpg" /> https://sepidehhassani.com/bodies-of-steel Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:07:28 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/bodies-of-steel bodies of steel, 2024steel, polyester. The work explores the relationship between the object and the body‭, ‬and how they can be transformed into one another‭. ‬Exploring‭ ‬shapes‭, ‬textures‭, ‬and forms by abstracting and deconstructing the body‭, ‬allowing for new ways of thinking and examining it‭. ‬ Furthermore‭, ‬the work involves the reinterpretation of the body‭.‬ <img width="3149" height="3139" width_o="3149" height_o="3139" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9163cab6933a848929d2be0716eb59a15579294741a86bbbde732fd13537555/bodies-of-steel.jpeg" data-mid="212441219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9163cab6933a848929d2be0716eb59a15579294741a86bbbde732fd13537555/bodies-of-steel.jpeg" />Photo:&nbsp;Samira Homayouni https://sepidehhassani.com/untitled-1 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:48:57 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/untitled-1 untitled #1, 2023c-print,&nbsp; 59,4 x 84,1 cm&nbsp; A space is more than just architecture‭, ‬it embodies power dynamics‭, ‬social hierarchies‭, ‬and exclusivity‭. ‬Spaces are characterized by‭ ‬privileging certain people‭, ‬giving them the position of gatekeepers and systematically excluding those who are intangible‭ (‬to them‭).‬ <img width="9921" height="7016" width_o="9921" height_o="7016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bb2218d14f85b2e702d4d2c0ac30fec66e61c64a9cf8ffed582ae6baeee2d30/Becken.jpg" data-mid="201951090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bb2218d14f85b2e702d4d2c0ac30fec66e61c64a9cf8ffed582ae6baeee2d30/Becken.jpg" /><img width="9933" height="7016" width_o="9933" height_o="7016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9f97d1b4760204cffbb475836553f0f2d515929a8b461b5e676aeb1c1182bbd/Kantine.jpg" data-mid="201950756" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9f97d1b4760204cffbb475836553f0f2d515929a8b461b5e676aeb1c1182bbd/Kantine.jpg" /> <img width="10843" height="3862" width_o="10843" height_o="3862" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/033058246791532a4329904eed04b4971a040d6255d97b2022732d460172b856/Bide-.jpg" data-mid="201950930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/033058246791532a4329904eed04b4971a040d6255d97b2022732d460172b856/Bide-.jpg" /> <img width="5241" height="3494" width_o="5241" height_o="3494" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/369ea89dafca278e9cfc5a6f717d7b6839706af5a79588b97b3fb603f8a21a52/sepideh1.jpg" data-mid="201951144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/369ea89dafca278e9cfc5a6f717d7b6839706af5a79588b97b3fb603f8a21a52/sepideh1.jpg" />Photo:&nbsp;Gabrielle Taron-Rieussec https://sepidehhassani.com/unfolding Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:14:47 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/unfolding Unfolding, 2022Performative installation with silver-foil and sound Unfolding deals with the topic of violence against women‭* ‬on various levels‭. ‬The foil is placed in the space and each fold refers to a femicide in Austria in 2021‭. ‬Gradually‭, ‬the foil spreads out and‭ ‬covers the cube in a performative act‭. ‬The acoustic environment sets the cube vibrating‭, ‬constantly looping the outside to the inside and reverse‭.‬ Iklim DoğanCosma GrosserSepideh HassaniLukas Maria KlestilKarolina MalwinaEduardo Triviño-CelyJennifer Posny Supported by Gerriets, Öykü Özer and Ramina Jenabi <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64a689f25429074f59858613a754cb856d47ff7217c6e401dda278e040d16c2b/unfolding2.jpeg" data-mid="136305913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64a689f25429074f59858613a754cb856d47ff7217c6e401dda278e040d16c2b/unfolding2.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e128b1926623313476a298a8de9b9b176c82372eac96e332e523eb3a17ac41e4/unfolding3.jpeg" data-mid="136305918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e128b1926623313476a298a8de9b9b176c82372eac96e332e523eb3a17ac41e4/unfolding3.jpeg" /> <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c28d17baad87575cfb6ee5df02e6a44ec231b20796351158c565c50019d24bf/unfolding1.jpeg" data-mid="136305909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c28d17baad87575cfb6ee5df02e6a44ec231b20796351158c565c50019d24bf/unfolding1.jpeg" />Photos: Jennifer Posny&nbsp; https://sepidehhassani.com/hands-on Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:19:07 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/hands-on Hands on, 2022Ceramics, Polyester The work deals with the interconnected themes of female autonomy‭, ‬desire‭, ‬and sexuality‭. ‬Traditional paintings and minakari‭, ‬which are widely used in Iran and can be found in both sacred architecture and everyday decorative objects have been re-appropriated and put in a new context‭. ‬ <img width="3536" height="5304" width_o="3536" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/036618a39401faeb22e9fc63eb9e9fa932b2fdc4e209149f27c08de3a8a80588/IMG_4160.jpg" data-mid="167965227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/036618a39401faeb22e9fc63eb9e9fa932b2fdc4e209149f27c08de3a8a80588/IMG_4160.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cf521f8d9ce18225845ca254a7fad7a1dd613b87fe93141a9a934951df0b07a/IMG_4166.jpg" data-mid="167965229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cf521f8d9ce18225845ca254a7fad7a1dd613b87fe93141a9a934951df0b07a/IMG_4166.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2497fa1190e86b9014ebce58438f723f9fd2213da753fb6d3d4d5b0bb3b81f13/IMG_4168.jpg" data-mid="167965228" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2497fa1190e86b9014ebce58438f723f9fd2213da753fb6d3d4d5b0bb3b81f13/IMG_4168.jpg" /> Photos: Elham Hadian https://sepidehhassani.com/daily-dose Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:07:53 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/daily-dose daily dose, 2018c-print, 156,5 x 89 cm The series presents Women‭* ‬of Colour Superheroines‭* ‬as a‭ ‬counter-positioning to the predominantly white and male dominated comic landscape‭. ‬It serves both‭, ‬as a representation of Women‭*‬‭ ‬of Colour as well as a criticism of mainstream comics‭. ‬The decision on outfit‭, ‬name, and superpower is consciously left up to each person‭. ‬Women‭* ‬play an active role in this series and are not victims who as so often must be saved‭. ‬ The images as a form of fiction become part of reality when set in a real space‭. ‬Thus the visualisation contributs ‬to the transformation of dominant social narratives‭.‬ Mary Maggic – the superpower of the non-binary mum consists in hacking oestrogen to make hormones available for everybody. <img width="5257" height="9300" width_o="5257" height_o="9300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d740973b90ccd95b04d008db46132223119bf371b9e386dcd6a93a5d5b1ab9f8/Mary-Maggic_web.jpg" data-mid="34935322" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d740973b90ccd95b04d008db46132223119bf371b9e386dcd6a93a5d5b1ab9f8/Mary-Maggic_web.jpg" /> <img width="5257" height="9300" width_o="5257" height_o="9300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/989f3a3ed480e566118de64bdb03321b4ea4501eb48620fb0b5902bfed64a860/Innocent-Bastard_web.jpg" data-mid="34939288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/989f3a3ed480e566118de64bdb03321b4ea4501eb48620fb0b5902bfed64a860/Innocent-Bastard_web.jpg" /> Innocent Bastard – the superpower consists in making people see the truth. If necessary also the uncomfortable way. c.mentis – the superpower consists in changing the reality through her own and foreign thoughts and imaginations. <img width="5257" height="9300" width_o="5257" height_o="9300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3c7b4f95f09cf2b678f2598adcb76c427bcac349feaf7390bb1629c09b202d4/c.mentis_web.jpg" data-mid="34939953" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3c7b4f95f09cf2b678f2598adcb76c427bcac349feaf7390bb1629c09b202d4/c.mentis_web.jpg" /> <img width="5257" height="9300" width_o="5257" height_o="9300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da7456a2e832719c55f54600d6c6ef4dab42a5903f4ab3a84fcd47fa7db1f9d2/Noro_web.jpg" data-mid="34949725" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da7456a2e832719c55f54600d6c6ef4dab42a5903f4ab3a84fcd47fa7db1f9d2/Noro_web.jpg" /> Noro – the superpower of the half Siren/half Alien consists in pulling people with her scream into feminism.&nbsp; https://sepidehhassani.com/gentle-reminder Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:14:27 +0000 Sepideh Hassani https://sepidehhassani.com/gentle-reminder gentle reminder, 2018 c-print, 100 x 65,4 cm polymer film, 100 x 65,4 cm The installation gentle reminder is a critical examination of Man Ray's photo "Noire et Blanche".‬ Gentle reminder problematizes the fetishization and exotisation of Black people by white people as well as the‭ (‬cultural‭) ‬appropriation and exploitation‭.‬ Man Ray who lived at that time in France used the Baule mask as an accessory taken from the by then French colony Côte d'Ivoire‭. ‬ In the installation‭, ‬the mask is replaced by a mobile phone‭, ‬which is an example of the ongoing exploitation of natural resources by the processed tantalum‭, ‬extracted from the ore coltan‭. ‬Coltan is found mainly in central Africa‭. ‬Western companies often obtain this natural resource from illegal mines‭. ‬Not seldomly workers in these mines are children‭. ‬ The mobile phone also plays a huge part in our lifes when it comes to self-representation‭. ‬The constant pursuit of self-optimization has become a part of many people and by image-processing as well as photographic filters‭ (‬masks‭), ‬people seek to portray a specific image of themselves‭.‬ Furthermore, the installation draws attention to the repeated‭ ‬de-subjectification of women by men‭. ‬By taking the photograph of Kiki de Montparnasse for the magazine Vogue‭, ‬Man Ray was part of the commodification process of the female body‭. ‬ This time it is a man who is lying powerless on the table – turned into an object by the female photographer. ‬ <img width="5257" height="3505" width_o="5257" height_o="3505" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce2ffefe4d7af872021700a754f7e2711251893f389166e8ad8988cc1b7f383e/gentle-reminder_web_grethen.jpg" data-mid="34953668" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce2ffefe4d7af872021700a754f7e2711251893f389166e8ad8988cc1b7f383e/gentle-reminder_web_grethen.jpg" /> Photo: Elodie Grethen&nbsp;<img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63b6197adf4bf7fb4de46c16fedd15212eb7efbab6d7ea14678126423218c084/cbe75806-1466-457c-a8af-84c474f15aef.JPG" data-mid="35020149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63b6197adf4bf7fb4de46c16fedd15212eb7efbab6d7ea14678126423218c084/cbe75806-1466-457c-a8af-84c474f15aef.JPG" />Photo: Nico Kaiser