Overlap Maps
Da Theater House
Tehran, Iran, April 2018

Overlap is an installation that explores the entanglement of perceptual experience by juxtaposing an ancient and a modern world map. Housed within an old underground bathhouse, the installation utilizes the site’s elements to translate flat images into an atmosphere.

The modern map is placed in an existing vertical pipe, while the ancient map is installed in a horizontal plastic pipe. Both maps were intentionally treated with mud. Light and shadow fall across the rugged textures of the walls and the dimly lit space. The combination of these elements, including the damp scent of the environment, forms the core of the work.

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