Latest Exhibit
Sabzeh(Sprouts)
Aurora Cultural Centre • August 14–October 19, 2025
Sabzeh (Sprouts) was an immersive installation and convergence of sound, movement, fiber arts, and visuals. Sabzeh invited audiences at the Aurora Cultural Centre into a sensorial meditation on growth, resilience, and connection.
Rooted in Persian cultural traditions, Sabzeh featured imagery of growing sprouts, carpets, and tapestries, whose complex patterns reference themes of continuity and collective identity.
Inspired by the short story by Omid Fallahazad, Sabzeh was created by Parisa Sabet and Laura Friedmann, supported by a multidisciplinary team of contributing artists, designers, choreographers, and technicians.
At the heart of Sabzeh stood a large wooden structure hung with hundreds of cords. I knotted them in repeating, wave-like patterns that evoked roots and sprouts growing together. The structure also became a screen: projections of dancers moved through the hanging fibres, their bodies appearing and disappearing among the threads. I created fibre pieces for the dancers to wear, allowing the weaving to move with them as the choreography traced a journey from seed to growth.
Alongside the installation, I created a triptych tapestry that follows that journey in three parts. The first holds the struggle of emergence; the second begins to open into growth; and in the third, the seedlings connect and grow together. Across both works, threads and the spaces between them speak to our fragility, our resilience, and the ways we hold one another up.
Previous Exhibits
August 14-October 19 – Sabzeh Exhibit & Immersive Installation
https://auroraculturalcentre.ca/sabzeh/
Aurora Cultural Centre | Homeroom Galleries
In collaboration with composer, Parisa Sabet and other women artist. An immersive art installation blending music, dance, fibre arts, and visuals. Inspired by Persian carpets and growing sprouts, this project advocates for community growth, connection, and healing.
CLOSING PANEL| October 19, 11am–1pm Parisa Sabet, Laura Friedmann
Bahia Marks, Rah Eleh, Olya Glotka
April 1-28, 2024 – Exhibit at Origin Coffee
Dedicated to the memory of my beloved stepfather, Edgar Hernandez
Showcased a new collection of fiber art works at Origin Coffee the month of April 2024. This coffee shop demonstrates its commitment to supporting local artists by hosting monthly exhibits that showcase the work of talented creatives from the area.
687 Mount Pleasant, Toronto
June 3, 2022 – Mercadito
The Spring Mercadito showcased art, crafts, packaged food & beverages and more unique finds made by Latin artists and creative entrepreneurs! The day was full of music, live painting, a creativity room and more!
CSI Annex Lounge: 720 Bathurst St, Toronto
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