Mohsen Hazrati: TayAR (2022)

In Mohsen Hazrati’s digital sculpture TayAR, a flying creature invites you to share your wishes in the form of a word or sentence. Across different mythologies, birds symbolize cycles of rebirth, inner and outer journeys, healing and prophecy. In this work, Hazrati explores how digital messaging can take alternative shapes and forms drawing on elements from fantasy and legends.

The interactive sculpture may be placed anywhere in your environment and invites you to leave a message behind. TayAR is a database of information where the wishes of previous visitors are incorporated in its form. As more visitors share their thoughts, the flying creature will morph and grow across time.

TayAr was commissioned as part of Grafikens Hus’ app Protoworld.

Biography
Mohsen Hazrati was born in 1987 in Shiraz, Iran. He graduated with a BA in graphic design from Shiraz Art Institute of Higher Education in 2012, minoring in new media and digital art. His works focus on Literature and digital technologies and have been presented in various conferences and exhibitions such as; IAM weekend, EVA, Elo, UCL mal, TEDx Mollasadra St, PeertoSpadce, RadianceVR, Espronceda, synthesis, Transfer, etc. Since 2013, in collaboration with Milad Forouzande, he has been the co-founder and curator of “Dar-AlHokoomeh Project”; a new media art project and activity, based in Shiraz, Iran.