Please join us for an artist talk with Mojdeh Rezaeipour about Classroom Solidarities, an analog reinterpretation of digital images and videos created by women and young people in classrooms across Iran. First shared via social media during the 2022 Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) movement, Rezaeipour’s materials reflect personal and collective expressions related to bodily autonomy and basic freedoms under conditions of severe repression.

Situated within broader global conversations about student expression and the role of educational spaces, Classroom Solidarities invites viewers to consider how classrooms can function both as sites of limitation and as spaces for reflection, dialogue, and creative transformation.

Rezaeipour’s artist talk will be followed by a screening of stop motion material from the project. Considering this material, participants will be invited to independently engage with several questions and prompts from the artist.

This event is open to the entire UCSF community, but an RSVP is required.

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Mojdeh Rezaeipour is an Iranian-born transdisciplinary artist and storyteller. Incorporating analog collage methodologies across various mediums, Rezaeipour’s practice activates personal and collective archives through iterative long-term projects, collaborative research, and pedagogical engagement. Rezaeipour has collaborated with multiple academic institutions, including UCLA, University of Maryland, and Northwestern, to bring the Classroom Solidarities conversation to their communities.

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The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences welcomes all participants to our events. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event because of a disability, please contact Anna Ardieta at anna.ardieta@ucsf.edu as soon as possible.

Please note: This is an in-person event. It will not be recorded.