University of Michigan_ Ann Arbor _Noon At Night_2024
2026
Frequency of Grief is an ongoing body of research I began in 2024, shaped by the silence I witnessed on U.S. campuses during moments of collective tension and mourning. Rooted in my personal memories and the culture of gatherings I grew up with in Iran, the project treats grief as a shared, embodied experience that circulates across bodies and histories. From the start, it has been artist-led, with collaborators invited according to the needs of each iteration. The first public version took place with artist and social practitioner Dawn Weleski at the University of Michigan. The project explores alternative education through collective mourning, collaboration, and iterative engagement, asking: “How did we become mourners?” and “Does our grief sow our future?”