[Launch] Monument Zero, with Niloufar Nematollahi and Katayoon Barzegar

Join us for a presentation of Monument Zero, a publication dedicated to the International Women’s Day on 8 March 1979 in Iran. The publication brings together archival materials, newly translated historical materials alongside new writings about this historical event. We will be joined by editor Niloufar Nematollahi and the project’s initiator Katayoon Barzegar, for a presentation of the publication, accompanied by a screening of the 1979 documentary Year Zero (13').

Find the book here: https://rile.space/books/monument-zero

Schedule

17:00 screening and presentation

About

Monument Zero (Casco, 2025) emerges from International Women’s Day on 8 March 1979 in Iran. The archival materials that form the starting point depict six days of protests, sit-ins, and conferences that began on this day in Tehran. These historical objects have been preserved by the mercy of their creators, who were present during the 1979 protests, and are scattered across personal and public holdings worldwide. By bringing together the materials that depict this forgotten history, Monument Zero counters historical erasure and explores the preservation of political struggles through collective artistic practice.

It includes previously untranslated historical materials presented in English for the first time, alongside contributions from writers Shirin Karimi and Elaheh Soroushnia, and visual essays by artist Meshkat Talebi.

With contributions by Katayoon Barzegar, Niloufar Nematollahi, Jose Rosales, Behshad Tajammol, Pegah Pasalar, Elaheh Soroushnia, Shirin Karimi, Taraneh Haeri, Claudine Mulard, Sophie Keir, Meshkat Talebi.
Designed by Francisco Baquerizo Racines, Linus Bonduelle