It digests two categories of source material and teases out the formation of information in the act of reading, writing, and archiving. IT IS MEANT TO BE READ is an interactive drawing and sculptural installation that includes a series of handmade papers from deconstruction and reconstruction of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and contemplates issues of regulation and information access. I question if a Constitutional Law could be a manual with similar promises. I investigate manuals as transparent utopian sources of information that afford the promise of showing us how systems work. I’m interested in the agency of a material and the ways in which it can take over the autography of a person or group of people. IT IS MEANT TO BE READcontemplates issues of regulation and information access and includes a series of handmade papers resulting from the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The ODD Gallery is pleased to present an interactive drawing and sculptural installation by Iranian-Canadian visual artist Aileen Bahmanipour. Opening: Wednesday, June 28th7:30PM: Artist Talk | Exhibition Reception to follow Aileen Bahmanipour, 'IT IS MEANT TO BE READ'
