“This is an archive which resurfacing has become possible only because of the milieu of Abu Dhabi. That is the tensions, ethical, ethnic, political tensions felt here, which makes possible or call upon these stories.” December 2018
“Women of National Iranian Oil Company: 1970’s Ahvaz,” Invited presentation, Association of Women of Abu Dhabi, September 2022
Ahvaz Timepiece or Chronicle of Belongings: Hekayat, NYU AD Art Center, November 2016 “The Emirates edges into the Gulf towards the northern shore, towards Ahvaz of my childhood. Its very shape, a longing for the future of New Side, the residence of petroleum personnel of 1970s Ahvaz. Looking down from the north, across the gulf, into the mirror of glass buildings, I am not petrified. The kindness of each “how do you say?” awakens that heritage which our bodies alone endure and recall each time.“
Women of National Oil: Ahvaz 1970, International Feminism Conference, NYUAD Institute, December 2018. Presentation Notes
3. Corpse as Ground: Endehuanna’s Innana and Cellini’s Medusa
Mahnaz Yousefzadeh 