ARTIST STATEMENT
No Answer is a single-channel video that expresses the desire to merge two distinct places—the motherland and the host land—as well as the impossibility of physical reconnection.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Atefeh Farajolahzadeh is an interdisciplinary artist who incorporates photography, video, installation, and writing into her practice. Her work explores the concept of place, psychogeography, and liminality, with a particular focus on migration. Atefeh holds an MFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago. She is the recipient of the 2023 Cleveland Arts Prize, and her work has been exhibited at Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center’s biennial exhibition, Chicago; Filter Photo, Chicago; SPACES, Cleveland; among others. She is currently a visiting assistant professor at Indiana University Bloomington.
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