Entropic Fields Of Displacement is an 8-channel audio video installation that brings together the lived experiences of women and marginalized gender individuals from West Asia, including Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Lebanon, whether living in their own cities or cities to which they have been displaced. These performances, recorded between 2023 and 2024, were each created through a one-time, live action captured in a single continuous shot. Just moments before performing, participants received a shared audio file, which they listened to while moving through their environments. The 33 minutes audio file structured in three parts: Actions, Interactions, and Non-Actions. Through chance encounters with other bodies and urban structures, the women engage in a collective act of reclaiming public space by unraveling the power structures that restrict their movement.

8 Channel Video and Photo Installation by Pegah Tabassinejad

Curated by Olumoroti Soji-George

Performers: Zhino Arjomandi, Ilkay Bilgic, Lisette Chehade, Zainab Entezar, Sholeh Jalili Khiabani, Zeynep Neslihan Arol, Shahrbanou Rezaei, Ghinwa Yassine

Videographers: Sayed Mubarak Shah Alavi, Sara Fereshteh Saniee, Amirali Ghasemi, Chada Halawani, Mehmet Payaslıoğlu, Baset Rezaei, Pegah Tabassinejad

Colourist: Hootan Haghshenas

Post Production Company: AZ Studio

Sound Design: Kaveh Abdein

Solo Exhibition at VIVO Media Arts, November 2024

Exhibition at IDFA DocLab, November 2024

The Winner of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, IDFA DocLab Award in Digital Storytelling

Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council.