Shabnam Zeraati
Shabnam Zeraati
Passage
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2009 / mixed media
/ book and installation, 29,7 X 42 cm
/ edition of 3 and 1 artist’s proofs
/ book 27x37 edition of 2 and 1 artist’s proofs
I was born in Iran, but not just in Iran, I was born in Islamic Iran.
And perhaps that’s why I never believed the existence of prostitutes in my country.
Obviously, when you grow up in an Islamic country, religious education has great influence on you, even if you live in a family that does not emphasize religion, it’s just enough to be naïve, to believe simply all the unbelievable things.
I lived away from society, it was far from my home and I could not feel the real world, and that is what happens to us all, as happened with little Buddha; you go out alone, you cross the road and walk, you find that you never tried, there are people who buy and then there are people who sell, and beside them there are people who take the rest and makes the drudgery. I do not know if I should use the word «fortunately” or “unfortunately”, it’s true, there are the prostitutes in Iran and the reason for their existence is the same as any other job.
It is certain that women need to work and men also need women, and this need goes on and on.
