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This talk introduces Dissociative Realism as a framework that has emerged through Abbas Zahedi’s practice across sound, sculpture, performance, and collective encounters. Drawing on recent projects and institutional contexts, the talk reflects on how artistic labour, care structures, and infrastructural systems intersect, particularly in relation to grief, trust, and forms of public service, offering a reflective overview of my practice to date, alongside the questions and tensions that currently shape it.
