As this country has regressed in women’s rights and the right to abortion, and as the women in Iran are still fighting for freedom and equality, this group exhibition—titled after a lyric in Shervin Hadjipour’s song about the Iranian uprisings after the murder of Mahsa Amini—showcases the solidarity and liberation that female and queer communities across the world have found in dancing and protesting. Focusing on works by LASTESIS, Morehshin Allahyari and Yasmine Nasser Diaz, the show includes both scenes of intimate domesticity and views of protests in the streets. A pink bedroom lovingly decorated with the aesthetic of an adolescent girl, Nasser Diaz’s installation features a television playing archival footage of women’s protests and politicians from the Global South, while videos of recent social media posts of women and nonbinary people dancing are projected above the bed. A collection of restagings of the viral performance of Chilean feminist and art collective LASTESIS (Un violador en tu camino (A rapist in your path)) plays in the front room, with a diagram noting the extensive list of cities their piece has been performed. The list is overwhelming, illustrating the outrageous inequality that women and queer people face around the world and why protests like the ones documented in this exhibition—or in the words of the gallery, “movements that use movement”—are so imperative.

Oxy Arts
4757 York Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90042
On view through July 29th, 2023