POSE OF A PERSON

Control and surveillance systems are expanding and are using artificial intelligence to learn human behavior. Fan-sofa-laptop-pot-table-drinking water-light-book-cellphone-movie-watching a movie-speaking-dressing up-eating-talking-photo frame-bathing-carpet-internet-watering flowers-looking outside-washing dishes-brushing-sleeping-... For the past six months I had a camera set up in my apartment that recorded every movement using its motion detection feature.


Siavash Naghshbandi

Siavash Naghshbandi (b. 1987, Tehran Iran) is a visual artist based in Tehran. He holds a BA in Animation and has since worked on numerous photography, film editing, and documentary projects. His films have been shown at multiple film festivals including the SEH-TANK: Cinéma Subversif in Zurich; the Middle East Now Film Festival in Florence, and Göteborg Film Festival. His photographs and videos have been included in different exhibitions at various museums, institutions, and art Galleries including Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA, Hafriyat Karakoy Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey; Tomin Videothek, Frankfurt, Germany; Hillyer Art Space, Washington D.C, USA; and Affenfaust Galerie, Humburg, Germany. In 2018,Naghshbandi was shortlisted for MOP CAP (Magic of Persia ContemporaryArt Prize) in London. Naghshbandi was also the photographer of the motion picture “About Elly…” (2008), a film by Academy-Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi.


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