Frischzelle_17: Anahita Razmi

The works of Anahita Razmi (b. 1981 in Hamburg) can be placed between video and performance art. In many projects, Razmi establishes links between her father’s country of origin, Iran, and her German home. The artist, who lives and works in Stuttgart, initiated the video work “Roof Piece Tehran” (2011), a remake of the famous dance performance “Roof Piece” by Trisha Brown on the roofs of New York city in the 1970s, under difficult conditions in Teheran. The need to keep the project a secret in a country where modern dance is forbidden is tangible in Razmi’s twelve-part video installation. She received “The Emdash Award” from the Frieze Foundation for this work in 2011. Anahita Razmi has already taken part in various exhibitions, however the presentation in the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is her first solo museum exhibition.