Future Nowruz // Persianate Futurism
Image by retrofuturist artist and architect Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar.
WHAT WILL THE IRAN AND THE WIDER PERSIANATE WORLD LOOK LIKE IN 30 YEARS?
In 2022 CE at Nowruz, we entered the 15th century in the Solar Hejri calendar. As the Spring Equinox brought us into the year 1401, I wrote a piece challenging Nowruzis (people around the world who celebrate Nowruz) to envision possibilities for the future of the region. I asked us to imagine: how can we draw on our community’s creativity and tenacity to imagine a better future for the Persianate world?
In partnership with Ajam Media Collective and several artists, Farr Collective curated pieces to help us imagine a brighter future for Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. You can see those works here.