SKULPTURENAUSSTELLUNG „Frau, Leben, Freiheit // Jin, Jiyan, AzadÎ // Zan, Zendegi, Āzādi – DIE MÜTTER DES WIDERSTAND- AUF DER SUCHE NACH GERECHTIGKEIT

The Free Human event focuses on the situation of women in Iran.
In the accompanying exhibition - The Mothers of Resistance - In Search of Justice - the artist Shole Pakravan exhibits a series of wooden figures representing mothers whose children were murdered and executed by the Iranian government.

Visitors to the multimedia exhibition can listen to the mothers' stories via headphones and watch a movie. Pakravan will be present at the opening and talk about her work. Paintings by the artist IceFlower will also be on display. Her works commemorate the children, women and men murdered by the ruling regime.

As part of this exhibition, a panel discussion will take place on 09.12.

Persons present: Shole Pakravan (artist, actress and author) // Shanli Anwar (journalist and WDR presenter) // Max Lucks(Member of the Bundestag, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) // Katajun Amirpour (Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Cologne, author) //Pooyan Mokari (journalist and writer).

The evening will be complemented by music: Zainab Lax, harp + band & Burçin Keskin

About the artist: Shole Pakravan was born in 1964 in Kermanshah, Iran. She began her studies at the University of Arts in Tehran in 1985 and completed her master's degree in directing at the University of Arts and Culture, Tehran in 1999. In addition to her studies, she worked as an actress and decided to concentrate fully on this profession after completing her university education. She successfully performed on Iran's stages for 28 years and ran a collective cultural center. On July 7, 2007, her daughter Reyhaneh was arrested and sentenced to death two years later. Shole Pakravan was instrumental in the fight against her daughter's execution, which sparked a worldwide outcry in 2014. Reyhaneh was executed in October 2014. In 2017, Shole Pakravan left Iran as she was threatened with imprisonment for publicly denouncing the death penalty. She has been living in Germany with her two daughters since 2017.

This exhibition is organized by the initiative free_human__ together with the Kulturbunker Mülheim.

ABOUT FREE_Human__:
free_human__ is an initiative founded in September 2022 that acts as a mouthpiece for oppressed people in Iran. It organizes human chains, vigils, lectures, demos and information evenings on the topic of Iran. The initiative is non-partisan; religious and political affiliations play no role as long as the freedom and rights of others are respected.

Realized with the kind support of Soziokultur NRW

Further information: https://www.instagram.com/free_human__

Free admission // No reservation or registration necessary

08.12.2023 // 18:00: Vernissage exhibition: Iranian mothers: in resistance for justice

09.12. 2023 // 20:00: Panel discussion: The movement: Jin Jiyan Azadi / Woman Life Freedom

The exhibition of Shole Pakravan's woodwork runs from 08.12.-15.12.2023:

12/10, 10am-8pm // 12/13-12/15, 10am-8pm