The monoprints are made using crude oil as pigment. Soaked in oil, the iris specimens are pressed onto sealed translucent paper, which features the archival documents of British Petroleum activities in Iran during the 1920s.
The paper is folded at the center, forming symmetrical, abstract shapes that evoke inkblots from Rorschach tests. In this context, the native Iranian iris serves as a signifier of something once untarnished. They become emblems of Western imperialist resource exploitation and the environmental despoliation that it engendered.
