BIBI MANAVI IS A PARIS-BASED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST. HER WORK EXPLORES THE INTRICATE DIALOGUE BETWEEN NATURE, MEMORY, AND PERCEPTION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF MIRRORED SCULPTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHY. HER SCULPTURAL PANELS DRAW FROM IRAN’S MIRROR MOSAIC CRAFT *AINEH-KARI, THE ORNAMENTAL TECHNIQUE WHICH COMBINES GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND MIRROR. HOWEVER REENVISIONED, BIBI HAS

REPLACED THE TRADITIONAL TESSELLATIONS WITH BIOMORPHIC PATTERNS THAT ECHO THE CELLULAR STRUCTURES OF SPECIFIC FLORA . BY ADOPTING THESE SHAPES, SHE AIMS TO CREATE A VISUAL METAPHOR THAT RESONATES WITH THE RHYTHMS AND SHIFTS OF TODAY’S CULTURE. THE PROCESS OF PLACING THESE SCULPTURES IN SITU IS AS INTEGRAL AS THE CREATION OF THE SCULPTURES THEMSELVES. THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT MERELY A BACKDROP BUT AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE WORK. EACH PIECE IS CAREFULLY POSITIONED TO INTERACT WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS, CAPTURING THE SUBTLE NUANCES OF LIGHT, SHADOW, AND LAND- SCAPE, ALLOWING THE WORK TO CAMOUFLAGE INTO THE SETTING WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY STANDING APART AS A PORTAL . THE USE OF MIRRORS INVITES VIEWERS TO SEE THEMSELVES WITHIN THE CELLULAR MEMORY OF PLANT LIFE, PARTICULARLY THOSE SPECIES DISPERSING AND DISAPPEARING DUE TO THE ANTHROPOCENE. EACH REFLECTIVE SURFACE CAPTURES FRAGMENTS OF THESE FADING NATURAL HISTORIES, CREATING A VISUAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE VIEWER AND THE ENVIRONMENT. JUST AS PLANT CELLS HOLD THE IMPRINTS OF GROWTH, ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL, THE MIRRORS REFLECT THE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY ON THESE LIVING MEMORIES, CHALLENGING VIEWERS TO CONFRONT THEIR CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE LEGACY OF CHANGE THEY ARE PART OF. THROUGH THIS INTERACTION, BIBI EXPLORES THE INTERSECTION OF PERSONAL AND ECOLOGICAL MEMORY,

URGING A DEEPER REFLECTION ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR TIME.

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