Tehran – Toronto – Nahid Pouzesh
Tehran – Toronto – Nahid Pouzesh
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6, 7pm – 9pm
The city is an opportunity for illumination, a chance to be seen. Hours unfold in its silent corners, a camera on the shoulder, searching for a moment that belongs only to my gaze. To find myself within repetitions. To discover a frame of the world beyond the lens, singular, set apart before my eyes. Passersby drift in and out, but what endures are the mute signs of the city: shadows and margins, the stretch of walls, stone steps, scattered grass, earthen grounds, and stray beams of light. These fragments, often hidden from others, become through the camera traces of my presence, witnesses of a personal encounter. This gaze first took form in Tehran, a city I lived in but was not my birthplace, and years later continued in Toronto. In both cities, I remained a migrant, a stranger. The choice of Tehran and Toronto, two modern and multicultural metropolises, opened a space to examine, on one side, the fragile relations between human beings and their urban environments, the small yet resonant moments of everyday life, and, on the other side, segregation, estrangement, non-integration, and detachment in relation to the modern city. Two cities, two geographies, yet a single horizon: the reflection of moments concealed in silence and shadow, revealing the transience of urban spaces for human existence.
Date:September 6th, 2025 - October 24th, 2025
Location:Casa - Platform
Casa Program Guide
The Casa Program Guide is produced three times a year; Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall. Inside the guide find listings for the upcoming class and workshop schedule, upcoming exhibitions at The Gallery, information about artists in residence and seasonal events in the building. Program guides are free. Pick-up guides at Casa or at facilities throughout the city.