Trails of scarlet thread embroidered across oceans of fabric represent the real-life journeys of refugees who fled Vietnam in the late twentieth century.
Neshat sits in front of the camera in a black chador (Islamic veil that leaves only the face exposed), with the barrel of a gun directly splitting her face into two sides; her exposed face, apart from the eye area, is overlayed with Farsi text from a…
The road is cracked and empty, and on one side, there are broken trees stripped of most of their leaves. Debris—such as broken wood, metal, and household items—is scattered along the roadside. A fallen orange construction barrel lies in the…