NEMATOLLAHI, Niloufar; ROSALES, Jose (eds.)
Monument Zero

Spanning the breadth of both genre and printed matter, and by way of intergenerational collective practice, Monument Zero makes accessible scarcematerials that remain from the International Women’s Day 1979 in Iran while simultaneously reckoning with the historical erasure of these 6-day protests. Bridging historical and contemporary perspectives, and by way of intergenerational collective practice, this book presents essays by artists and researchers, previously untranslated testimonies and letters from 1979, and unseen photographs by Sophie Keir—currently archived at the Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir. It thus offers readers the opportunity to articulate, for themselves, possible modes of resistance grounded in the experiences and political imaginaries of past feminist struggles against historical disfiguration. Initiated by Katayoon Barzegar and edited by Niloufar Nematollahi, and Jose Rosales. With contributions by Pegah Pasalar, Elaheh Soroushnia, Shirin Karimi, Taraneh Haeri, Claudine Mulard, Sophie Keir and Meshkat Talebi. [publishers' note]

Published by Casco Art Institute / Mondriaan Fund, 2025
History / Feminism