My Soil Farsh فرش (Carpet)

Prita Tina Yeganeh’s My Soil Farsh فرش (Carpet) installation expresses her yearning for her ancestral homeland of Iran. Prita has turned to a Farsh — a familiar cultural object used for centuries in her homeland’s gathering rituals to foster connectedness and social cohesion.

Using her grandmother’s pestle on a flat stone surface, Prita repurposes 45 kilograms of red loamy soil discarded in her community in Magan-djin (Brisbane), which mimics the red soils of both southern Iran and South-East Queensland. The piece is then hand-imprinted with 3D-cut traditional Farsh motifs, creating a visual language that speaks to her own cultural story.

Opening 23 November, 5pm–7pm.

Artist conversation 23 November, 4pm–5pm.