Deconstructing Protest Art

Speakers: Sahar Aalayi, Mahyar Alinaghi

Is it possible to cast an objective and neutral view upon the conceptualization of overlapping turning-points between philosophy, arts and psychoanalysis without taking socio-historical packages into account? What do contemporary psychoanalytic approaches have to say about the status of art in the mindset of an Iranian audience? What factors of l’air-du-temps condemn an artwork to persecution rather than contemplation? What are some of the existing obstacles in creating dialogue between Iranian artists and their audience?