“Nose to Nose” will run from May 5 to July 14 featuring publications, lecture-performances and exhibitions at Pejman Foundation’s newly opened Argo Factory in downtown Tehran.

The installation looks to the Sufi notion of hamdami, the breathing together of sensuality and spirituality. Their “Not Moscow Not Mecca” installation, first exhibited at the Vienna Secession in 2012, will be restaged. A new Persian translation will be commissioned for their multi-channel audio installation “Lektor”, joining Aboriginal Yuggera, Arabic, Polish, German, Danish, Flemish and Spanish and a translation of David Joselit’s “On Aggregators” will be made available in Persian.

About Slavs and Tatars

Wishing to remain largely anonymous as a collective of unnamed artists, Slavs and Tatars was founded in 2006 by a Polish-Iranian duo. Over the years they have been joined by other artists from all over the world. The group’s work is centered on three activities: exhibitions, books and lecture performances, focusing on an often forgotten sphere of influence between Slavs, Caucasians and Central Asians. They refer to themselves as “archaeologists of the everyday”.

Their works are in collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Re Rebaudengo Foundation, Turin; Tate Modern, London and The Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE, among others.

Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit argofactory, instagram Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit shdalvand, instagram Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit argofactory, instagram Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit hossein_rezvani, instagram Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit life.style.ideas, instagram Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit pejman_foundation, instagram Argo Factory in Tehran, Iran – May 5 to July 14, 2017. Photo credit shiva_ebrahimi27, instagram

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