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Darookhaneh Apotheke
Pharmacy

Sohrab Kashani & Anahita Razmi

26/04–02/06/2024

 

Opening: Thursday, April 25, 2024, 6 pm

 

curated by Christine Bruckbauer and Aline Lenzhofer

 

Darookhaneh Apotheke Pharmacy is an Iranian pharmacy run by the artists Sohrab Kashani and Anahita Razmi. Its spatial set-up comprises of an installation filled with copies of Iranian pharmaceuticals and medication packages.

Emerging in the aftermath of a global pandemic and a period of shared devastation during which structural inequalities like the unequal distribution of medicine became pressing issues.

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Sohrab Kashani

artist-in-residence 20/04-10/05/2024

Sohrab Kashani (*1989 in Tehran) is a Rotterdam-based artist working primarily with installation, film, and performance. His work often explores themes of space, body, and perception.  His recent collaborations and duo exhibitions include Darookhaneh Apotheke Pharmacy at uqbar projectspace in Berlin (2022) and The Other Apartment at Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh, US (2019-2020).

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Anahita Razmi

artist-in-residence 19/04–10/05/2024

Anahita Razmi (*1981 in Hamburg) lives and works in Berlin and London. She is a visual artist working with installation, moving image, photography, objects, and performance. Often using her German Iranian background as a reference, her practice explores contextual, geographical, and ideological shifts – with a focus on shifts between an ‘East’ and a ‘West’. 

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On–Site

Sohrab Kashani and Anahita Razmi

Friday, 26/04/2024, 3–7 pm (Anahita Razmi and Sohrab Kashani)

Tuesday, 07/05/2024,  3–7 pm (Sohrab Kashani)

Thursday, 09/05/2024,  3–7 pm (Anahita Razmi)

 

Hosting on-site afternoons of conversations, Anahita Razmi and Sohrab Kashani will extend the opening hours of “Darookhaneh Apotheke Pharmacy” at philomena+. 

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