Rashin Fahandej
Rashin Fahandej is an Iranian-American immersive filmmaker, futurist, and cultural activist. Her artistic initiatives are multiyear experimental laboratories for collective radical reimaginations of social systems and future imaginaries. Fahandej's methodology, rooted in her “Art as Ecosystem” concept, leverages emerging technology and community co-creation through cross-sector collaborations, positioning artistic processes as catalysts for societal transformation. Her work has been exhibited internationally at major institutions and festivals, including the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Ars Electronica, and Tribeca, as well as in civic spaces. Fahandej is the recipient of prestigious awards and residencies, including the Prix Ars Electronica Festival, the Foster Prize at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture AIR program, MacDowell, MASS MoCA, Boston Center for the Arts, ThoughtWorks Arts, and the Mass Cultural Council, among others. Fahandej is an Associate Professor of Emerging & Interactive Media at Emerson College and a Senior Co-Creation Research-Practitioner at MIT’s Open Documentary Lab.