Mehrak Tehrani
The figure of the horse, while associated with movement, power, and labor, has become a site for me where I can examine my relationship with freedom, control, and endurance, also a place where systems of restraints within myself and my surroundings are exposed to me.
The body of the horse, whether constructed through a slow and repetitive process of cross-stitching a fragmented sequence of its galloping or constructed with and within a plethora of chains, persists in movement, proposing that control may alter conditions of movement, but it cannot extinguish autonomy or the drive toward freedom.
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Mehrak Tehrani, Born in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto, Canada. Her practice takes on many forms; however, it centers on experimental animation, where she often explores unconventional methods for creating moving images, installations, and illustrations by combining tactile materials and digital media, building layered, emotional worlds.
