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زوال، نفی است؛ نفی ثبات و ماندن. دور شدن است ازآنچه وضعِ موجود است. گشتن است از حالی به حالتی و انقلابی است زايل.کننده.ی آنچه هست. بقای وضع موجود را برنمی.تابد. فيزيکِ مبدل کردن است؛ گونه.ای را به.گونه.ای، فرمی را به فرمی، جانی را به جانی. زمان.مَند است. نافرمان و آشوب.طلب است و ضد تاريخ و خاطره، در افعال و انديشه.ها بسط می.کند. ژانوس۱ است؛ صاحب آغاز و پايان؛ آيينه.ای برابرِ آيينه.ای. شُدن، يعني خود بودن از رهگذر ديگری؛ يعنی دو بار بودن. بیهوشياريِ زمان، که هشياری به آن مدام حدودش را به عقب می.راند چون زمان به ميلِ نيروی دربرگيرنده آن، مجهول است. آفرينش.گر است. پسِ هر آفرينشی، انفجاری از کنش.ها و واکنش.هاست. مرکزِ تلاقی نيروهاست. سياهچاله.ای است که جاذبه.اش هر جاذبه.ای را در خود می.کشد. ضد تاريخ و خاطره ... فصلِ «شدن» اولين فصل از مجموعه.ی «زوال» است. به شاخک.ها و قارچ.هاي مرموز و نامنظم ميوه.ها و غلات و غذاها نگاه میکند و به هايف.های روی نان و موز خيره می.شود. کپک و رطوبتِ نشسته بر تغيير و فساد را می.بيند و مرگ را از اين سموم و پرزها بومی.کشد. تا وقتي هوا هست و دما مساعد، خوشمزه.های شور و شيرين را با ميکروارگانيسم.های خود رنگين و لزج خواهد کرد. ترش و تلخ و بَد بو است و حواس را برهم .می.زند و بيمارمان می.کند.
اغلب آن.ها را کِشت کرده.ام تا فرصت تماشای تغييرشان را داشته باشم. اگرچه بعضی از تصاوير انتزاعی به نظر می.رسند، ولی قطعات نسبتاً بزرگی از نان و ماست و روزمرگی ... است. اينجا هوا را از آن.ها گرفته.ام. زيرِ لايه.ی شفاف ژلاتين نگهشان داشته.ام تا چند دقيقه ميل به تغيير و شُدن را که ميل غالب بر آن.هاست، ببينيد. اين.ها هرروز و هرلحظه به شما و هرچه در اطرافتان بوده دست.زده.اند. حالا نوبت شماست که بهشان دست بزنيد. آن.ها را لمس کنيد.
۱- در اساطير رومي، ژانوس يا يانوس، خداي دروازه.ها، دربها، گذرگاه.ها و مسيرهاي ورودي، و همينطور خداي آغازها و پايان.ها بود. برجسته.ترين ميراث باقي مانده از ژانوس در فرهنگ مدرن، همنام او يعني ماه ژانويه مي.باشد که ماه نخست سال مي.باشد. دليل اين نام.گذاري اين است که از طرفي هر سال جديد، با اين ماه آغاز مي.شود و از طرف ديگر، سال گذشته با اين ماه خاتمه مي.يابد. ژانوس اغلب با دو چهره و يا دو سر به تصوير کشيده مي.شود که از اين دو سر، يکي به روبرو و ديگري در جهت مخالف آن، يعني به پشت سر نگاه مي.کند.
هامد جابرها
تابستان ۹۴
Decay is a negation, the negation of the steadiness and staying. To distance from the status quo. It is to turn from one sate to another and churn and destroys whatever is which does not tolerate the current situation. It is the physics of transformation; transformation from one kind to another, from one form to another or from one life to another. It is temporality itself. It is rebellious and anarchist and anti-history and memory, and it exist in actions and thoughts. It is Janus[1], the mythical god of the beginning and the end of a mirror installed in front of anther mirror. To become is to be oneself from another route, which means being twice. With little consciousness to the time, which pushed, back the time that has a limited tendency of the retuning urge. It is the source of creativity. Hence all creativities are but the explosion of actions and reactions, the junction of powers. It is a black whole that it’s gravity attracts other gravities, anti-history and memory too… The Chapter, To Become, is the first chapter of the Decay collection. It stares at the antennas as well as the mysterious fungus and irregularities on fruits and grains and foods and hyphae on bread. It sees the Mold and moisture sits as well as corruption and smell the death form the lint of fruits. As long as whether is agreeable and there is some air, the salty and sweet microorganisms will have a slimy and colorful surface. It is sour and bitter and smelly and can make us sick. I have farmed most of them to have a chance to observe them. In some of the images they might look a bit abstract, yet they are big pieces of the routine bread and yogurt. Here I have taken the air from them and have kept them under a transparent gelatin surface, for you to capture a second of their tendency ‘to become’ and ‘to change’. They touch and reach toward you and your belongings everyday and every second. It is your turn to touch them back. Touch them back.
Hamed Jaberha
Summer 2015
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[1] In Roman mythology, Janus or Ianus, is the god of gates, doors, passageways and entry routes, and also the god of beginnings and endings. Janus the most outstanding heritage remaining form Janus in modern culture, is January that is the first month of the year. The significance for this name is that each year begins and ends with this month. Janus is often portrayed with two faces or two heads. One of those two heads looks toward the front and one in the opposite direction, which means it looks behind.
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Overview and HistoryTehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in the Middle East, with a population of fifteen million people living under the peaks of the Alborz mountain range.Although archaeological evidence places human activity around Tehran back into the years 6000BC, the city was not mentioned in any writings until much later, in the thirteenth century. It's a relatively new city by Iranian standards.But Tehran was a well-known village in the ninth century. It grew rapidly when its neighboring city, Rhages, was destroyed by Mongolian raiders. Many people fled to Tehran.In the seventeenth century Tehran became home to the rulers of the Safavid Dynasty. This is the period when the wall around the city was first constructed. Tehran became the capital of Iran in 1795 and amazingly fast growth followed over the next two hundred years.The recent history of Tehran saw construction of apartment complexes and wide avenues in place of the old Persian gardens, to the detriment of the city's cultural history.The city at present is laid out in two general parts. Northern Tehran is more cosmopolitan and expensive, southern Tehran is cheaper and gets the name "downtown."Getting ThereMehrabad airport is the original one which is currently in the process of being replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport. The new one is farther away from the city but it now receives all the international traffic, so allow an extra hour to get there or back.TransportationTehran driving can be a wild free-for-all like some South American cities, so get ready for shared taxis, confusing bus routes and a brand new shiny metro system to make it all better. To be fair, there is a great highway system here.The metro has four lines, tickets cost 2000IR, and they have segregated cars. The women-only carriages are the last two at the end, FYI.Taxis come in two flavors, shared and private. Private taxis are more expensive but easier to manage for the visiting traveler. Tehran has a mean rush hour starting at seven AM and lasting until 8PM in its evening version. Solution? Motorcycle taxis! They cut through the traffic and any spare nerves you might have left.People and CultureMore than sixty percent of Tehranis were born outside of the city, making it as ethnically and linguistically diverse as the country itself. Tehran is the most secular and liberal city in Iran and as such it attracts students from all over the country.Things to do, RecommendationsTake the metro to the Tehran Bazaar at the stop "Panzda Gordad". There you can find anything and everything -- shoes, clothes, food, gold, machines and more. Just for the sight of it alone you should take a trip there.If you like being outside, go to Darband and drink tea in a traditional setting. Tehranis love a good picnic and there are plenty of parks to enjoy. Try Mellat park on a friday (fridays are public holidays), or maybe Park Daneshjou, Saaii or Jamshidieh.Remember to go upstairs and have a look around, always always always! The Azadi Tower should fit the bill; it was constructed to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.Tehran is also full of museums such as:the Contemporary Art Museumthe Abghine Musuem (glass works)the 19th century Golestan Royal Palace museumthe museum of carpets (!!!)Reza Abbasi Museum of extraordinary miniaturesand most stunning of all,the Crown Jewels Museum which holds the largest pink diamond in the world and many other jaw-dropping jewels.Text by Steve Smith.
