For and in memory of Mohammad Ali Sepanlou, The Poet of Tehran 
Tehran is a good place, if ambition along with competence is channeled in correct way, only in Tehran  satisfactory results can be achieved. Tehran is the center of pinnacle sand low downs, center of glory and abjection, stage for bliss and adversity, and finally it’s a setting where all kinds of people and behaviors and thoughts and customs and traditions are embraced, the destiny and the domain of the city is thereby defined. 
From the Novel “Trying To Make A Living”, by Mohamad Massoud, first published in 1933.
Amineh Pakarvan the first female Iranian historian and novelist, declared that “Tehran has no memory”. Amineh Pakravan who for many years introduced aspects of Iranian culture and art to the world, was not born or raised in Tehran, and thus her interaction with a complex city like Tehran was limited. 
History is the product of urban life, so is arts and literature. The relationship between citizens and their encounter with the city, defines a city. A city is not only walls and buildings and streets but it’s the presence of citizens that shapes a city. When a city has streets marked with memories, it becomes a city. When it has millions of people demonstrating, it has conscience. When the city has ‘dead poets’,it becomes real. When it’s sculptures are stolen, “absence becomes more alive than presence”. 
Six years ago, the exhibition “Tehran, Virtual or Real” was closed down by authorities one day after the opening. What is eliminated and stolen returns even stronger. In a city that is extremely real, the virtual world is extremely actual.  It is combination of this parallel virtual and real worlds that makes up the conscience of the city. Our stories that are “liked” and “shared”, even if we want to can no longer be deleted. We will not be omitted. 
When we stayed in one place, we built the city, we grew up in it, and painted our memories on its walls, we debated in its pavements, and rode on boats, told our stories and protested, and today the city is filled up with people who insist on their presence and even that of “the other”.

Artists present in this exhibition: Sasan Abri- Asareh Akasheh- Tanaz Amin- Maryam Amir Farshi–Ghazaleh Bahiraie- Nasser Bakhshi- Dadbeh Bassir- Majid Biglari- Parinaz Eleish- Ebrahim Eskandari- Mohamad Eskandari- Yashar Azar Emdadian- Maryam Espandi - Farhad Fozouni- Kamyar Kafaie- Amir Nasr Kamgooyan - Myriam Quiel - Amir Mousavi-Aliyar Rasti –Navid Rasouli- Zarvan Rouhbakhshan - Romisa Sakaki- Behrang Samadzadegan- Bahar Taheri.