Amir Hariri

Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

Artist statement

Do certain visceral qualities of urban decay influence our experiences, memories and, ultimately, our sense of history? To answer these questions, I use a multi-disciplinary approach to study specific locations through the opacity of distant recollections. My studies delve into the relationship between physical decay and deconstructive abstraction. Having been exposed to revolution/war as a teenager in Iran, my encounters with death/destruction have allowed me to draw parallels between building deconstruction and the despair, yet resiliency, of their exiled inhabitants. By blurring the boundaries between progress and ruin, I am making an observation regarding the misguided inevitability of evolution.

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