"ACTUALLY I WAS THERE"  IS ONE OF THE 12 ARTWORKS SHOWN AS PART OF AN EXHIBITION CALLED "[...] AN EXHIBITION ON ARTIST PROFILING". 

THIS EXHIBITION IS THE RESULT OF A 6-MONTH PROJECT INITIATED BY THEARTCORNEROFTEHRAN IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTHEREISTANBUL AND THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN MUNICH.

DURING THESE SIX MONTHS, SHIRIN ZERAATY AND TABITHA NAGY HAVE WORKED WITH 12 ARTISTS TO CURATE AN EXHIBITION ON THE TOPIC OF ARTIST PROFILING, EXPLORING THE RELATION OF THE LIFE OF THE ARTIST AND THE ARTWORK AND THE INTERPRETATION OF WORKS BASED ON THE CONTEXT CREATED BY TEXTS, LIKE THE BIOGRAPHIES.

EACH OF THE ARTISTS WROTE A BIOGRAPHY UNDER AN ALTER EGO NAME. THE BIOGRAPHIES WERE SWAPPED AND THE ARTISTS MADE AN ARTWORK IMPERSONATING THE ARTIST WHOSE BIOGRAPHY THEY RECEIVED. THE PROCESS WAS DOCUMENTED IN INTERVIEWS.

MEHDI FARZANE RECEIVED THE BIOGRAPHY OF GEMMA MEULENDIJKS. 

TO READ MORE ABOUT THE BIOGRAPHIES AND THE OTHER WORKS YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW:

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ACTUALLY I WAS THERE IS AN INTERACTIVE SPACE DESIGNED BY MEHDI FARZANE BASED ON HUMAN EMOTIONS AND DIFFERENT REACTIONS ACCORDING TO EACH STATE OF MIND. DURING THESE STEPS BOTH THE ARTIST AND THE AUDIENCE DETERMINE THE RESULT. BY DESIGNING THE SPACE HE IS GIVING THE AUDIENCE THE CHANCE TO INFLUENCE THE WORK. 

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THE LIST OF MUSIC USED AS SAMPLES IN THE WORK:

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1. SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C MINOR - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA )

2. THE FOUR SEASONS, VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.1 IN E MAJOR ( SPRING ) - ANTONIO VIVALDI ( SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA OF BAVARIAN RADIO )

3. EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK SERENADE - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 

4. THE NUTCRACKER SUITE - PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY ( HERBERT VON KARAJAN - BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA )

5. ANNEN POLKA - JOHANN STRAUSS II ( DANIEL BARENBOIM AND VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA )

6. GONJESHKAKE ASHI MASHI - FARHAD MEHRAD ( LIVE IN BERLIN )

7. REQUIEM IN D MINOR ( LACRIMOSA ) - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART ( KARL BÖHM AND VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA )

8. SYMPHONY NO.9 IN E MINOR - ANTONÍN DVORÁK ( SAINT PETERSBURG RADIO AND TV SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA )

9. DIE WALKÜRE - RICHARD WAGNER ( SLOVAK RADIO SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA ) 

10. SYMPHONY NO.10 - DMITRI SCHOSTAKOWITSCH ( HERBERT VON KARAJAN - BELRIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ) 

11. ADAGIO FOR STRINGS - SAMUEL BARBER ( BAROQUE STRINGS ZURICH ) 

12. OBLIVION - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA ( AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA )

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