We are invited as witnesses to this funeral of ruined places. Remained buildings from past are presented in
our sight to show what they have done not only in a certain era but also in the history of their existence.
Growing up in these kind of places made my childhood full of imaginations and inspiration from the
painting on sealing and the statues in living room. I knew I was living in a powerful place that led me to
think deeper and stronger. The existence of past has influenced the young generation, all the signs which
are disappearing. The memory of people who used to live in these buildings has vanished. My feeling about
these locations is full of sorrow as if they were alive. The death of cultural treasure is as painful as human
beings death. I replaced the emptiness of the atmospheres with the existence of woman who are invisible in
the muscularity of the society.
“kharabat”(The Desolation) is a concept in Iranian and Afghan mysticism, which could mean a place for
drinking wine, a holy place to pray or even a ruined place.
This project is still on the progress and will be completed by end of 2016. A part of this project has been
taken in Afghanistan. The other section of “Past Continues”has been taking place in Tehran
as well as other cities in Iran. Also the project contains six videos.