Biographie
Laurence Rasti born in 1991, studied at ECAL (Lausanne)
Présentation
On the 24th September 2007, at the University of Colombia, the former Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said, « unlike in your country, in Iran we don’t have any homosexuals ». Nowadays, while many Western countries have accepted gay marriages, in Iran homosexuality is still punishable by the death penalty. This sanction forbids homosexuals to live freely. Their only options are to choose transexuality, a practice that is tolerated, but considered as an illness, or to flee.
Hundreds of Iranian homosexual refugees transit by Denizli, a small Turkish town, where they put their lives on hold while waiting to find a country where they can freely express their sexuality. In this context of uncertainty, where anonymity is the best protection, this work questions the fragile notion of identity and gender. It tries to give back to these people an image that their country has momentarily stolen.