When they bring charges against Parastoo Ahmadi, there is one thing they do not understand: the creator of an artistic work connected to society is not only the artist. Everyone who comes to witness that art also participates in creating it and becomes part of the work.

A concert, as a social work of art, is never created without an audience. For this reason, every one of us who watches Parastoo’s imagined concert becomes part of the creation of that work.

The genius of her courageous performance lies precisely here: it connects all of us to her beautiful art of protest. Every viewer of this imagined concert becomes part of the creation of the work and of the hope and protest contained within it.

Aydin Areta