Census

For “Census“, one of the most sensational site-specific works in Tehran at the time, Razavipour collaborated with another Iranian artist, Shahab Fotouhi. They placed 70 big size transparent photographs showing faces of Tehran’s inhabitants in the empty window openings of a 20-story building under construction. A sophisticated lighting system projected these human faces resembling ephemeral apparitions onto this urban space normally reserved for martyrs or war heroes,  thus telling about the tides of life as well as symbolically reminding us of the dignified essence of every creature.

The effect on the neighbours and construction workers is documented in the video. The next year “Census” traveled to Barcelona and by 2006 to Yerevan, Istanbul, and later on to Freiburg.Br., and Brussels.