A few years ago in Tehran, Vali-e Asr Intersection pedestrian underpass became operational. Construction of an underpass, underneath Vali-e Asr Intersection, where the most important streets in Tehran meet the city installed iron fencing, a means of saying ‘Keep off!’. This forced people underground to keep them off the streets as part of the Urban Despotism project at the pretext of traffic control. In this project I placed a fixed-frame camera to record snapshots which included the fences, guide signs, charity boxes, flags, cultural and iconic buildings, and me, the artist, standing still like the rest of the elements. (2016)
