Sugar CUBES
Residencies
- 31.01 > 03.02.2024
In 1895, the first industrial sugar refinery opened in Iran, the Kahrizak sugar factory near Tehran. It was built in collaboration with Belgian industrialists about half a century after the establishment of the Raffinerie Tirlemontoise in Tienen, the factory that would popularize the sugar cube worldwide.
The Kahrizak factory is now a ruins and a recognised historical heritage site, the epitome of early-industrial Persian architecture. Now a multinational corporation, the Tienen factory made its owner the richest Belgian.
Through architectural research, visual arts, and a performative narrative practice, artist Sana Ghobbeh explores the social-economic fabric of these sites. What web reveals itself when you collude political history, everyday observations, economic reality, and personal stories? In her multi-year research project Performing Spaces — an exploration on urban structures and their inner-narratives, Sana Ghobbeh maps the nuanced interactions between architectural infrastructure, urban fabric and societal shifts.
Concept & performance: Sana Ghobbeh I Dramaturgy: Maarten Vandenbussche I Mentors: Myriam Van Imschoot, Samah Hijawi, Jelena Juresa, Sina seifee I Audiovisual collaboration: Kayvan Mirhadi I Production: Kunstenwerkplaats I Coproduction: Beursschouwburg, wpZimmer, Monty, Kunsthal Gent, Kunsthal Extra City I With the support of BUDA, the Flemish Government and VGC.
photo-source: esam.ir