Royal Debris (2022)

Located at 3005 Massachusetts Ave NW the former embassy of Iran in Washington DC has been shuttered for four decades The vacant and abandoned building embodies a contradiction it is a ruin due to its deteriorating condition caused in large part by the ongoing US sanctions on Iran yet it is privileged with exceptional protection thanks to its foreign mission status Taking the buildings symbolic and material status as its point of departure Royal Debris is a rumination on borders displacement and ruination through excursions into family history architecture poetry and contemporary art