April 1 through April 22 * open during events and by appointment: email info@rhizomedc.org

these pieces are excerpts/experiments related to a larger body of work in which the artist delves into their personal relationship with their heritage language Farsi and, in doing so, explores the intersections and fragments of their multiplicitous self. inspired by artisan mirror work in iranian architecture, the images constructed by the mirrors are fractured objects, at once whole and many. the spaces between the shards invoke the spaces between understanding, the realm of the unnameable where desire lives and where transformation (and liberation) is possible.

the artist invites visitors who are able to look for themselves in the pieces, to notice the shift of focus needed to see themselves. 

niki afsar is a nonbinary/femme, iranian-american writer and interdisclipinary artist.

nikiafsar.com, @neekeejoon