SomoS Arts is pleased to host Self-Publishing as Resistance, a special one-day event centred on the collaborative and independent publishing practice of Nashr, founded by Iranian artist Afshin Chizari in 2023. Organised by Tehran Contemporary Sounds, the event includes the Berlin launch of “Mirroring”, a newly published monograph and artist book series, accompanied by organiser Behrooz Moosavi.
In addition to the launch of Mirroring, the evening will feature the first public presentation of five projects developed and published by Nashr. The event includes a temporary exhibition, projected visuals, and a live conversation in which Chizari will share insights into the motivations, processes, and collaborative nature of the publications. Select books and prints will be available for purchase.
Drawing from more than a decade of painting, Mirroring also forms the first three publications in Nashr’s growing body of work. The notebooks—Module 1, Module 2, and Module 3—unfold as a slow, thoughtful sequence reflecting Chizari’s sustained engagement with memory, repression, and cultural displacement. This layered event bridges print, projection, and performance to create a multisensory experience that explores independent publishing as both artistic expression and political gesture.
About Afshin Chizari:
Afshin Chizari (b. 1988, Tehran) is a time-based visual artist working primarily through painting, printmaking, and slowness. A graduate of the School of Art and Architecture in Tehran, he has participated in numerous exhibitions in Iran and internationally, including Schiesslhaus AIR (Germany), Tanzpol (Berlin), and the Schaubühne Berlin. Chizari composes intimate visual narratives that engage with memory, behaviour, dreams, and perception, often based on photographic source material. His current work centres on mnemonic construction, visual detail, and the aesthetics of loss. He lives and works between Berlin and Tehran.
Website:
https://afshinchizari.com
Instagram: @afshin_chizari
About Nashr:
Nashr is a collaborative and independent publishing platform founded in 2023 by Afshin Chizari. Situated at the intersection of drawing, printmaking, text, poetry, and conversation, Nashr produces experimental, interactive formats rooted in collective authorship and participatory modes of production. It aims to blur the boundaries between mine and yours, and invites contributors into shared acts of making.
About Tehran Contemporary Sounds:
Tehran Contemporary Sounds (TCS) is a Berlin-based platform that presents contemporary, experimental, and cross-disciplinary work from Iran and its diaspora. Through concerts, screenings, exhibitions, and publishing projects, TCS fosters cultural exchange and visibility for independent Iranian voices in the arts.
Website:
https://tehrancontemporarysounds.com
Instagram: @tehrancontemporarysounds
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