Abbas Zahedi

Lives and works in London, UK

Artist statement

Abbas Zahedi’s practice blends contemporary philosophy, poetics and social dynamics. Considered through sound and sculpture, performance and context-contingent gestures, his artworks fundamentally explore how personal and collective histories interweave; unpicking these interrelations to create moments for togetherness.

Artwork

• Naan Binary, 2017. single channel HD video
• Holding a Heart in Artifice, 2023. site-specific installation, with borrowed iron buttress, hospital grade ECMO machine, refabricated exhibition walls, and sound scape
• Ouranophobia SW3, 2020. site-sensitive installation, with refurbished architectures and sound scape
• #DeleteTheBeans (Livestream), 2020. single channel HD video
• Tapping Performance, 2023. performance
• Waiting With {Sonic Support}, 2022. two part installation, on the occasion of the Frieze Artist Award 2022, composed from recycled MDF and tetrapak; includes open call participatory performance and daily pirate radio brodcast
• 11:11, 2023. 3 channel audio soundscape, played via surface transducers, site-specific gestures and fabric. duration: 11:11h
• How To Make A How From A Why?, 2020. site-specific installation in South London Gallery's Fire Station building,