GOHAR DASHTI AND HAMED NOORI: NEAR AND FAR  

GOHAR DASHTI AND HAMED NOORI: NEAR AND FAR  

Near and Far (2020–) is a series of photo collages by artists Gohar Dashti and Hamed Noori. Using geometric patterns common in Islamic art and architecture as inspiration, Dashti and Noori create collaged images from original photographs of both Iranian and North American landscapes. The series adapts Western traditions of nature photography and applies a Persian approach to perspective and geometry. The resulting intricate artworks combine these philosophies to create a visual, cross-cultural dialogue. Near and Far offers fantastical and poetic interpretations of what a landscape can be.   

The artists reconfigured one work from this series for Evergreen Cultural Centre’s architecture. The expansive twelve-point star depicts the sky from different sides of the world while echoing the surrounding sky and water of Town Centre Park. Spanning the facade of the Centre’s lake-facing lobby, this impressive installation blurred the divide between inside and outside spaces, enveloping viewers in the magic and mystery of the sky above.   

Images: Gohar Dashti and Hamed Noori, Near and Far, 2020-, site-specific installation at the Art Gallery at Evergreen, Evergreen Cultural Centre, 2025. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.