JR protests against iranian regime with volunteers depicting a collaborative portrait in NY

JR support Iranian women with large-scale installation

JR’s latest performance is an active standpoint promoting solidarity with the women of Iran, who are enduring severe restrictions. This time the French artist and photographer sets up an interactive installation illustrated by hundreds of people gathered at Four Freedoms Park in New York City. The crowd stands next to a giant portrait of another female victim of Iran, animating the silhouette of her hair. The face on the colossal print belongs to teenager Nika Shakarami, who was killed in September 2022 after taking part in a protest against the death of Mahsa Jina Amini. Amini was detained and killed by the morality police in Tehran for breaking Iranian law by not wearing her hijab properly.  

In Jr’s Instagram post, volunteers dressed in black cheer slogans for Iranian women and wave their arms to animate the hair of the teen girl.

 

 

a powerful illustration of the unjust Iranian regime

 

Following the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, the U.N. is set to vote later this month regarding the removal of Iran from the commission on the Status of Women. To support the expulsion of the country before the vote, an ongoing global action dubbed Women Life Freedom expresses their solidarity through a series of public art installations across U.N. headquarters. Taking part in the initiative on December 4, JR invited volunteers to take place clothed warmly in black to amplify the mission of #WomanLifeFreedom. More than 300 hundred people attended FDR Four Freedoms State Park and raised their voices for female rights, ‘creating the hair of Nika Shakarami,’ as the artist mentioned in an Instagram post.

the interactive installation took place at @4freedomspark with the support of the people

a touching call about the unjust restrictions for women in Iran

a street installation against the Iranian regime

 

christina petridou I designboom

dec 09, 2022