Nowadays, many events become meaningless due to the repeated reproduction of catastrophic images by numerous media and also the people’s permanent exposure to violence in media This reduces the sensitivity to real violence and the acts of violence are viewed as banal and normal It is therefore very important to make people responsible by educating them in this regard With the Islamic Revolution in 1979 public executions were introduced in Iran with the aim of suppressing, intimidating and teaching the population a lesson, among other things, in order to prevent political activities against the government which legitimizes violence as a punishment Public executions, which remain ubiquitous in the Islamic Republic, attract large numbers of onlookers including children Some just watch, others photograph and film the execution, while some even seem to enjoy the moment This leads to an indifference to the death penalty through a process of normalization.

“Spectators” is a series of analogue and digital collages, as well as sound and video installations, that deals with this topic and portrays the spectators of such executions as the main focus All the works composed of collected photos and videos from public executions in Iran, features disfigured and distorted spectators bizarrely intertwined The aim is not only to address the issue of executions in Iran but also to elevate the problem of " to a higher level The question is to what extent is the viewer also a perpetrator, and what moral responsibilities does he bear?"