A site-specific intervention expanding the work from individual interaction to a collective spatial encounter.
- Public Mural Project – Tehran Beautification Organization, Tehran, Iran, February 2025
The composition is derived from archival imagery and rendered at life scale, forming a group of figures situated directly within the pedestrian environment. Their placement establishes a scene that appears already in progress—a formed social gathering—into which passersby can enter.
The intervention extends beyond figuration. A painted architectural element—a door—is integrated into the surface, deliberately positioned to blur the boundary between illusion and reality. From a distance, the door is often perceived as functional, reinforcing the work’s engagement with spatial perception.
As viewers approach and stand alongside the figures, they are no longer observers but become participants—momentarily occupying the role of a guest within the gathering.
The existing wall, with its erosion, repairs, and material inconsistencies, is preserved and incorporated as a structural layer of the work. Rather than neutralizing the surface, the intervention activates it as a site of continuity between past and present.
Through scale, illusion, and the orchestration of multiple figures, the work operates as a spatial scenario—where meaning is produced through proximity, misrecognition, and social presence.
