Nazanin Noroozi

"Nazanin Noroozi: False Dawn explores the contending forces of home and displacement, as well as travel and migration. The title of both the exhibition and the artworks, False Dawn—fajr’e kâzeb in Persian—refers to a natural phenomenon called zodiacal light, a cast of unearthly light appearing on the horizon that anticipates the sun’s rising or trails behind its setting. In the right conditions, it is observable just before dawn and after dusk. Noroozi is captivated by “this transitional moment, suspended between night and day, darkness and light.” Further, for her, it embodies the “uncertain space between departure and arrival.”  Read more