Éternelles Instantanéités

Photography - Video | Curated by Enrico Lunghi
Prabbeli Wiltz, Luxembourg | March – April 2025

Artist Statement 

As an Iranian visual artist born in 1987, observation and the ability to connect patterns have been intrinsic to my life since childhood, gradually evolving into essential tools for creation. This series began in 2012 during my obligatory military service with Hands, continued in 2013 with Bodies, and expanded between 2014 and 2019 through Theatre (Performing Arts). The work has further evolved into explorations of Architecture and urbanism after moving to Luxembourg in 2019.

This body of work explores the intricate layers of human existence, where the biological, psychological, cultural, and social dimensions interweave seamlessly. Each photograph and video serves as a lens into these interconnected systems, illustrating the continuous interactions that shape our lived realities.

Hands represent the biological layer, the most immediate and fundamental expressions of human life. Their subtle gestures and tactile engagements reflect the micro-movements that ground our physical presence in the world.

Bodies represents the psychological dimension, the complex interplay of thoughts, emotions, and personal identity. In its exposed vulnerability, the body reveals the delicate balance between self-awareness and physical existence.

Theatre and performance art capture the cultural layer, the dynamic dialogues between individuals and their societal contexts. Through performance, we witness the ongoing evolution of narratives, traditions, and relationships, illustrating the reciprocal influence between actors and audiences.

Architecture and urban design symbolise the social layer, the constructed environments that shape human interaction and collective identity. These spaces not only influence societal behaviours and communal practices but also reflect the underlying forces that shape our social structures.

This series reveals how these layers are not isolated but rather permeable, and evolutive, continuously influencing and reshaping one another through ongoing feedback loops. Boundaries shift, systems converge, and the Eternelles Instantanéités emerge—a perpetually unfolding presence where all elements exist in flux, yet remain deeply interconnected and constantly in dialogue.

Enrico Lunghi
Curator

The work of Alborz Teymoorzadeh exists at the intersection of the individual and the collective, at the meeting points between inner life and life in society. Imbued with a Persian culture spanning several millennia, he has, since his youth, developed a boundless artistic practice in pursuit of ethics, compassionate wisdom, and universal love.

Through his personal existence, he traces a path open to the unknown, where art serves as a space to encounter the Other and to share experiences and knowledge. In his approach, drawing, painting, photography, video, as well as theatre, architecture, music, and activism are not only means of understanding but also tools for cultivating common ground and sharpening the perception of the complexity of life and the world.

The photographic series Hands, Bodies, Theatre, and Architecture borrows from Italian Futurism the technique of multiplying and juxtaposing temporal sequences to evoke simultaneous, distinct, and ever-changing perceptions of the same body, object, or situation. Strikingly beautiful, these images reveal both the ephemeral nature of existence and the elusive eternity of lived sensations, gracefully merging classical aesthetic canons with contemporary visual experimentation.

The video Les Parques seems to suspend the breath of life on a tuft of hair, recalling the work of the three ancient goddesses who wove human destinies: from a single cut—subtly translated through the breathtaking rhythm of the images and the exquisite relevance of the music—depends the inexorable acceleration of time or the immanence of the present.

Against a backdrop of religious music, two male hands wash the dishes. Then, as a woman’s voice narrates the benefits of classical music, the individual folds laundry before tending to houseplants. Still accompanied by the radio broadcast, he then prepares a coffee and calmly smokes a cigarette by the window before chopping vegetables to make a meal.

In L’Homme de Ménage, Alborz Teymoorzadeh gently portrays the quiet permanence of daily domestic tasks, subtly reversing traditional roles inherited from ancestral cultures while discreetly highlighting the involuntary condition of exiles, confined to an indefinite state of waiting.

SELECTED PROJECT

    • Eternelles Instantanéités | Exhibition, Photo - Video | Curator: Enrico Lunghi | Kunstraum Prabbeli, WIltz, Luxembourg

    • La Cité des Dames | Participatory Theatre | A Project by Marie Avril and Lénaïc Brulé | Presentation at STIB | Photo

    • LES PARQUES | Reading Performance | Collaboration with Lénaïc Brulé | Video Installation | Kulturfabrik 40+1 Birthday

    • GaiaLux Workshops on SDG11 | Illustration Workshops for Migrants, Children and Teenagers

    • Porte-Voix | Participatory Workshop | Luxembourg | Collaboration with Lénaïc Brulé | Film Photographique - Photo - Graphic Design | https://www.lenaicbrule.com/porte-voix

    • CHOIX | Participatory Theatre | Esch-sur-Alzette | Nuit de la Culture | Collaboration with Lénaïc Brulé, Fàbio Godinho and Franck Lemaire | Scenography - Photo

    • La Cité des Dames | Participatory theatre | A Project by Marie Avril and Lénaïc Brulé | Photo | https://www.lenaicbrule.com/cit%C3%A9-des-dames

    • Domozic Experience | Collectif Métalu A Chahuter | Short Film

    • UniLuVerse | Media Centre | 3D Visualisation of MSH (Belval) for Virtual Studio | 3D and AV Production

    • 33,7 (A Two-Day Festival of New Music by LUCILIN) | Kulturfabrik | Photo

    • King Grenouille | A project by Lénaïc Brulé, Fabio Godinho and Franck Lemaire | Short Film

    • Centre Clair-Chêne | Master Thesis | University of Luxembourg | Supervisor Carole Schmit

    • Media Centre | AudioVisual Production | Supervisor Sascha Helsper

    • Media Centre | AudioVisual Production | Supervisor Sascha Helsper

    • Our City | Theatre Play | Director, Hassan Madjooni | Photo

    • Maple, No.12 | Short Film | Director, Nahal Dashti | Photo

    • Plaque | Theatre Play | Director, Shahab Agahi - Music Director, Navid Gohari | Photo - Video

    • Rabid | Theatre Play | Director, Hossein Pouryani | Photo - Video

    • RudaruRuberu | Theatre Play | Director, Hamid Pourazari | Photo

    • After Incident | Theatre Play | Director, Pouyan Bagherzadeh | Photo - Video

    • Theatre-Play | Theatre Play | Director, Ilnaz Shabani, Asghar Dashti | Photo

    • Cloudy House | Theatre Play | Director, Siamak Ehsai, Hamid Pourazari | Photo

    • Nilper Orchestra | Navid Gohary | Photo - Video

    • Aquarium | Theatre Play | Director, Siamak Ehsai | Photo

    • Matrookekhani | Theatre Play | Director, Hamid Pourazari | Photo

    • The Pink Cloud | Theatre Play | Director, Hassan Madjooni, Keyvan Sarreshteh | Photo

    • Pedagogy Room | Theatre Play | Director, Shahab Agahi | Photo

    • BABEL Festival | Theatre Festival | Beyn Theatre Groupe - Shahab Agahi and Navid Gohary | Documentary Film - Photo

    • Three Sisters | Theatre Play | Director, Hassan Madjooni | Photo

    • Metranpage | Theatre Play | Director, Hassan Madjooni | Photo - Video

    • Hengamikeh | Theatre Play | Director, Hamid Pourazari | Photo

    • Metastasis | Theatre Play | Director, Asghar Dashti | Photo

    • Medea | Theatre Play | Director, Shahab Agahi | Music Director, Navid Gohari | Photo - Video

    • Ajax and The Suicide Report | Theatre Play | Director, Homayoun Ghanizadeh | Photo

    • Fragile, Handle with Care | Theatre Play | Director, Homa Sadatian | Photo - Video

    • The Kitchen | Theatre Play | Director, Hassan Madjooni | Photo

    • Saffron | Theatre Play | Director, Omar Rajeh | Maghamat Dance Company | Video

    • SalSanie | Theatre Play | Director, Hamid Pourazari | Photo - Video

    • No.3 Tehran | Theatre Play | Director, Mostafa Shabkhan | Photo - Video - Lighting Design

    • Hamin Dor o Bar | Theatre Play | Director, Laleh Alavi | Photo

    • Cafe Lethe | Theatre Play | Director, Atefeh Tehrani | Photo - Video