International Roaming Biennial of Tehran

Amir Ali Ghassemi and Serhat Köksal had the idea of organizing a low-cost itinerant biennial as a critique of the art situation in Tehran at the time as well as questioning the politics of the "biennalization" process which was happening at an international level.

[2] We dreamed of traveling like nomads, carrying artworks, objects, video projectors, and texts in a package no bigger than a medium-sized suitcase.

The title represented, from the curators’ perception, the condition of many Tehran artists who could observe the world from within Iran without being involved with the outside.

[4] The exhibition was organized into sections including: painting, graphic, poster, video, photography, installation, sound, objects, featuring both established and emerging artists.

[5][6][7] Artists who participated in the First Tehran Roaming Biennial included: Gustavo Aguerre, Caterina Davinio, Clara Diebler, Gary Farrelly, Genco Gulan, Troy Henriksen, Stefano Pasquini, Kristy Perez, Pipilotti Rist, and Ala Younis.