Chayan Khoi was born in 1963, in Teheran, where he was raised by his father, a writer and his mother who was a teacher. He remained there until 1979, when he left his native Iran to study in Grenoble, France. The artist is a born self-educator, a hands-on person, who, from photography to digital production, from photo-journalism to reporting, has learned everything on his own. So Chayan undertook the daunting task of preserving a memory for the future generations by immortalizing, through imagery, everything that is wonderful on our blue planet: masterpieces which he feels are more than ever threatened by man, by war, by natural catastrophes, ecological cataclysms and hordes of devastating tourists. He would make numerous solitary expeditions and became photographically involved in the fight against all of the ills that are deteriorating this Earth which must be preserved and which he condemns without pity. During his wanderings, this inveterate globetrotter accumulated thousands of images and objets which have now been amalgamed to create Lost Worlds, a traveling exhibition and book. For this first realization and exhibition of Lost Worlds, apost-apocalyptic universe that engulfs the viewer. With the help of RAAWArt and Buddha Bar tunney transformed the industrial 10 000 square foot cargo area formely the home of the National Biscuit Compagny (aka Nabisco - 1898 - 1958) into a dream like world of golden colummns, exotic artifacts, and ice statues of Buddha. Tunney establishes a symbiotic relationship between the space and the artwork, providing the audience a safe place to be transported into the visions and creations of Chayan Khoi. |
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