Helia Pouyanfar is a conceptual artist whose work investigates the permanently transient state of the refugee body and its negotiation and reconciliation with Place. Utilizing sculpture, installation, photography, and writing her work attempts to manifest this transient state through architectural objects, images, and videos narrating the idea of Passage and the relationship between liminal spaces and transit.
"- Once, in passing," is a video essay of Images and prose by Pouyanfar. Images, taken between the ages of 16 to 19, when the artist lived as a refugee in Turkey, document travels that took place for mandatory U.N. interviews and the passing through check-points and borders.

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through email at helia.pouyanfar@gmail.com