Zam Zadeh – “Jug of wine”

Zam Zadeh (whose real name is Azam Masoumzadeh) was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1989. She lives and works in Brussels since 2012. This visual artist defines herself as a “digital storyteller”. She digs deep into her childhood memories, her roots and her origins to set up her artistic practice and a narrative specific to her work very connected to the possibilities offered by some of the most recent medias.

Her art is social but also humorous and deeply philosophical. If it finds its roots in Persian tradition and poetry, her approach brings to life Persian wisdoms, with very contemporary medias and forms, to make them revealers of our time.

LOVERS (عشاق)

این کوزه چو من عاشق زاری بوده است

در بند سر زلف نگاری بوده‌ست

این دسته که بر گردن او می‌بینی

دستی‌ست که برگردن یاری بوده‌ست

“I think the Vessel, that with fugitive
Articulation answered, once did live,
And drink; and Ah! the passive Lip I kissed,
How many Kisses might it take–and give!”