{"id":152,"date":"2025-05-15T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2025-05-17T08:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:29:48","slug":"the-aftab-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/index.php\/the-aftab-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aftab Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-2 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-2--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-643ced6b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" data-id=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1686303658659-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1686303658659-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1686303658659-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1686303658659-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1686303658659-1536x1236.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1686303658659-2048x1648.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-display has-xx-large-font-size is-style-text-display--3\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Aftab Archive\u201d is an archive-based, site-based project, started in 2021, after my settlement in my studio\u2019s building in Tehran, Iran. This 50 years old house which is located in my childhood neighborhood, has been home to a family from the early 1970s to late 1990s. My journey started with finding some of the belongings of this family, buried under dust and piled up in the oblivion of decades. By using old photos as visual references, I stepped into the world of archival practice and with the help of my other artist friends, I am trying to retell these personal and public stories through different mediums and interdisciplinary work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-41e20069 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-5--4\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7ee84d44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These found objects include photos, letters, clothes and toys and other personal documents and belongings. Immigration, historical memory, and cultural changes are among many aspects of the Aftab Archive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20230309_181133705-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20230309_181133705-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20230309_181133705-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20230309_181133705-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20230309_181133705-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/rojanoarjooni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20230309_181133705-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Aftab Archive\u201d is an archive-based, site-based project, started in 2021, after my settlement in my studio\u2019s building in Tehran, Iran. 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