"For the Sake of Calmness"
A Project by Newsha Tavakolian
Space Curator and Design Architect: Ahmadreza Schricker

Pejman Foundation: Argo Factoy

Presenting a video by Newsha Tavakolian in the basement of Argo Factory.
This work can be viewed in groups of one to three, however the artist recommends that it is experienced individually.

*Tickets are only available for purchase online via the link in Argo Factory’s Instagram page’s bio and there will be no tickets for sale in person (except for Saturdays.)*
The exhibition will be open on Saturdays only for students with a valid student ID card and tickets are discounted.

September 4, 2020 to October 14, 2020
Sunday to Friday 12pm to 9pm

Cast and Crew:
Narrator: Newsha Tavakolian
Space Curator & Design Architect: Ahmadreza Schricker director of photography: Peyman Shadmanfar
Editing: Pouya Parsamagham
Sound designer & Music: Kamran Arashnia Context: Newsha Tavakolian - Sahand Kheyrabadi Set designer: Amirhossein Ghodsi
Project Consultant: Azad Jafarian Project Executive: Katayoun Arsanjani Backstage Camera: Sina Shiri
Space Curator Assistant: Mona Janghorban (ASA North) Programmer: Ghazal Masoumi
Lighting: Parsa Majd
Camera: Mahdi Barati - Amirali Azarhush
Production Assistants:
Pasha Tabatabai - Pedram Mohammadi
Project Logistic Team (Argo Factory): Arian Oskooyi – Mojan Eym
Production Manager: Reza Dehghan
Producer: Newsha Tavakolian

Statement:

I am in the third building from the right, in the third unit on the eighth floor. I don’t know if you can see me or not, but I can tell it’s not easy for you to find me. I am the first person to speak. They had told me the buildings were under construction. They said they were being pre-sold. But I later found out people lived here before, but now they are all gone. The buildings are abandoned.

I am in unit five on the sixteenth floor now. I am the first person to speak. They had told me the buildings were under construction. They said they were being pre-sold. But I later found out people lived here before, but now they are all gone. The buildings are abandoned. I am in unit five on the sixteenth floor now. The person whose voice you heard from the eighth floor is the one who thought these buildings were being pre-sold. She’s me. I was sure from day one that the units here had been pre-sold a while ago. And now no one is willing to live here anymore.

I am now in the sixth building from the left, unit ten on the twenty-second floor. The previous person was the first person, and I am no one but the third person. The other two think this place is abandoned, but in fact, there is no building here. We only think there is.

I am in the tenth building from the right, unit two hundred and fifty, on the thirtieth floor. It’s unclear who I am, but whoever I am, I previously believed I was someone whose voice you heard three times before.