Magu 

Year 2023, glass beads, tulle (hand embroidered veil for the performance MAGU)

The mutual framework of HĀL and MAGU stems from diasporic matters of longing and belonging in an exploration of embodied ancestral knowledge, through tech-art and ancient Persian spiritual practices. Farvash explores the concept of the old farsi words “Magu” and “Hāl”. Magu meaning the practitioner of a hybrid praxis emanating from historical Persia composing a variety of sciences and elevated otherworldly practices. Hāl meaning “state of being”, a physical, spiritual, or emotional state of a person – an essential notion in Persian culture which is supposed to bring about a meditative state (Hāl) in the artist as well as in the audience.

HĀL by Farvash w/ Mohammed Rowe

HĀL is a 4 hour long durational performance set in a desert like sand filled room veiled in neon green that invites you along on a transcendental journey into the subconscious. To reach within the complexity of existence Farvash performs repetitive actions through a monotone steady flow. Creating a portal to a hybrid reality by building a subconscious landscape using robotic sculptures in ongoing circular movement and spoken word in Farsi along with musical elements by Mohammed Rowe. Nonetheless the center of the performance lies within the pleasure of an exploratory experience. Constant, flowing, rhythmical and hypnotizing. Farvash puts together a performance which exercises multiple thematics and parallel purposes. Complex yet elementary. Personal although universal. Evoking the necessary energies needed to enter a state of mind beyond the conscious realm with the goal to induce Hāl. To uncover what’s unreachable, to discover a floor between the 7th and the 8th, to reconnect with soil and legacy – leveling homeland.

Farvash (b. Tehran, Iran, 1982) creates work that blends technology, trauma, and mythology in a quest for deeper metaphysical states. Drawing from material research, they develop innovative, sustainable systems with spiritual intent. As a first-generation immigrant, their art explores identity, belonging, and personal trauma through the mediums of performance, installation, and sculpture.

Their work creates spiritual ecosystems and metaphysical landscapes, providing a platform for marginalized voices. Farvash’s art continues to foster transformation and amplify voices often silenced.

Farvash is based in Sweden. They have a background in chemistry and holds two MA´s, Contemporary art (critical practice) from Royal College of art 2020, MFA Experience Design, Konstfack 2010

www.farvash.com

@farvash