Samaneh Roghani

Reenactment

Video installation, 16 mm film digitally projected on a scarf
2:32 minutes

2018

Objection to the compulsory hijab in Iran, the veil, has been acted out in different ways over the years. In early 2018, it is particularly brave, with women removing their scarf, posing with it on a stick on the Revolution Street in Tehran. The movement has been called Girls of Revolution Street.