Bio
Aman Askarizadmasouleh (b.1986 Iran) is a Visual Artist and musician based in Espoo, pursuing his MA in Visual Culture, Curating and Contemporary art at Aalto University. Aman Holds a BA in Architecture. After a few years developing his practice as an architect he began a new approach in the field of contemporary art and photography. He started learning music at the age of 15 and had his first concert in 2010. In Finland he’s had solo and group performances and collaborates with ‘Road Ensemble’, playing Tar and Setar with them since 2017. Currently, he’s curating the project An Entry to Iranian Music in the Museum of Impossible Forms, in Helsinki. His recent photographic project Objects of Memory, deals with archival images and old negatives where he investigates the hidden narratives and memory built on the immaterial.
Artist Statement
My works usually are in a constant dialogue between lived experience in socio-political contexts, and images, representations and reality. I am interested in the politics of representation and in dismantling the dominant narratives when it comes to the representation of others. Investigating the power relations in human interactions within the society and ethics of confrontation, are central concerns in my artistic practice.
Having a background in documentary photography, soon I noticed the ethical issues in exposing others in the media and the role of international institutions in perpetuating a naturalized gaze.
In recent years I have tried to experience various mediums, disciplines and spheres. However, working with either music or visual arts, my intention has been to decolonize mind and forms of knowledge production.
Being a musician on stage and a photographer among people have familiarized me with publics and made me interested in politics and aesthetics in representations, reality and the real. These could be seen in my image-based works and music projects I execute.
Currently, I am curating a project on Iranian music to unravel the generalizing terms such as oriental music or world music used to categorize music other than western music.
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