We have secured a spot at the Talladega Super Speedway for the Amp Energy 500 in October. Not a traditional venue for an art installation, I'm sure! But we wish to reach out to our audience, wherever they may be. What better way to reach a potential audience of more than 100,000 people!
Perhaps I'm a little ignorant about certain elements of American culture. When I say that we will be showing portraits of Iranians at a NASCAR event, the most common response seems to be that I must be very foolish! Perhaps I am naive, but I hope that all Americans would be interested to lay eyes on their counterparts in Iran.
Outdoor installation
From the sneak preview in Crested Butte, Colorado
The interior octagon
A wide-angle view capturing four of the six large portraits in the central octagon.
On the landscape
We popped the structure up for a sneak preview in Crested Butte, Colorado, and hundreds of people came!
Layers...
It's a dream come true to see Iranian faces superimposed on the American landscape. This is a photograph through one of the translucent panels.
Visitors
This American couple just realized that the slide the boys are playing on is designed to resemble a helicopter gunship. It's been a controversial image in the installation!
Archway
A young visitor exits from the corridor between the two octagons.
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