Abbas Akhavan
Recipient of the PRIM-Dazibao production-dissemination residency
PRIM and Dazibao are happy to announce that Abbas Akhavan is the recipient of the 2021-2022 PRIM-Dazibao production-dissemination residency. The artist’s residency will follow up on Dazibao satellite, two public billboards located at Café Cherrier and Bonsecours Market, for which the artist will be producing two new works, to be unveiled in spring 2023.
The work of Abbas Akhavan ranges from site-specific ephemeral installations to drawing, video, sculpture and performance. The direction of his research has been deeply influenced by the specificity of the sites where he works: the architectures that house them, the economies that surround them, and the people that frequent them. The domestic sphere, which he proposes as a forked space between hospitality and hostility has been an ongoing area of study in his practice. More recent works have wandered onto spaces and species just outside the home: the garden, the backyard, and other domesticated landscapes.
Dazibao receives financial support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Ville de Montréal.
Dazibao reconnait être situé en territoire non-cédé de la nation Kanien'kehá: ka et que Tiohtiá:ke / Montréal est historiquement connu comme un lieu de rassemblement pour de nombreuses Premières Nations et, aujourd'hui, une population autochtone diversifiée ainsi que d’autres peuples.