Shirin Sabahi

I grew up in Tehran, studied fine arts in Malmo and now live in Berlin as an artist and filmmaker. Working with and around moving images, my projects often derive from a physical place and include films about artifacts and architecture and their legibility and outreach. My body of work to this day contains various by-products that come sometimes alongside or in place of the actual film: flip-books, subtitles, props, costumes and other things. Aside from the collective labor of film, I occasionally collaborate with other artists, architects, art historians, musicians, and writers. Since 2017, I have been organizing the series of events called PLACES at various venues in Berlin, where speakers are invited to present a place, imagined or otherwise. 

Filmography: Mouthful (2018, 36’), Landing (2018, 21'), Borrowed Scenery (2017, 15'), Mint Condition (2015, 9'), A Trip Well Travelled (2014, 4'), Muted Fanfare for the Shy (2013, 6'), We Fell Into The Water Staying Dry (2013, 3'), We Came Here to Swim (2012, 4'), Expired Monument (2011, 12'), Swede Home (1966/1973/1975/2009, 14'), Amateurs (2009, 24'), Geography Test for People in Pictures (2007, 3’).