Lecture with artist and researcher Sepideh Rahaa

Time: 10–11.30 on Zoom (request link via info@taidekoulumaa.fi)

Sepideh Rahaa (b. 1981) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in Helsinki. Through her practice she actively investigates and questions the prevailing power structures, social norms and conventions while focusing on womanhood, storytelling, everyday life and resistances. And at best to initiate methods within contemporary art to create space for dialogue. Currently she is pursuing her doctoral studies in Contemporary Art at Aalto University. Her research interests include matters of representation, collaboration as practice, decolonisation and feminist politics.

Rahaa's artistic practice combines different disciplines including experimental film and video, installation, performance art, painting, poetry and photography. Her work has been exhibited and screened in Europe, East, South and West Asia (politically and colonially known as the Middle East): Iran, Pakistan, South Africa, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Germany (Berlin), Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands and Finland. Rahaa’s work has been distributed by AV-arkki the Centre for Finnish Media Art and supported by Finnish Cultural Foundation (Suomen Kulttuurirahasto), Taike (Arts Promotion Center Finland), Frame Contemporary Art Finland, AVEK (The Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture), Nylands Svenska Kulturfonds and Visek Kuvasto (copyright society for visual artists).

Since 2015, Rahaa has been actively participating actively regarding the role of art institutions and collectives in the Finnish art scene. She has been a member and co-founder at Third Space Collective (2015-), board member of Globe Art Point (2016-2021) as well as Culture for All (2017-2021), and Nordic Network for Norm Critical Leadership (2018-), among other collaborative and collective works.

Website: https://www.sepidehrahaa.com/