SITE
MONETARY MIRRORS
Videography
“Monetary Mirrors” is a multimedia facade projection conceived as a socio-political narrative about values, currencies, and the international network of money flows. The videographic projection tells of the global relationships that govern money flows and reflects on how currencies shape identities and manifest power structures. Visitors are invited to critically question the role of money as a mirror of societal values and as an instrument of political power.
At the center of the work is the development of the modern currency system, with a particular focus on the US dollar as the world’s leading currency. Through graphic animations and video mapping, the work visualizes the rise and fall of value in the global interplay of economy and society. The animations reflect not only the economic but also the cultural and political dimensions of money.
BACKGROUND
Shadi Jafarbadi’s practice moves fluidly between traditional design languages and contemporary digital media. Her work interrogates socio-political frameworks, drawing connections between economic histories, feminist methodologies, and decolonial perspectives. She thematizes the interdependencies of identity and power, and reviews the legacies of their visual forms of expressions.
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Bremen (de), MEDIA ART LAB c/o OPEN SPACE DOMSHOF
2025 Lüdenscheid (de), LICHTROUTEN Festival of Light
2024 Gelsenkirchen (de), GOLDSTUECKE Light Art Projects
2023 Bremen (de), LICHTER DER CITY
STUDIES
2022 – 2025 Bremen (de), University of the Arts Bremen (HfK): MA
2018 – 2022 Hamburg (de), University of Applied Sciences (HAW): BA
2006 – 2011 Esfahan (ir), Sepehr Art University: BA
BIO
She lives in Hamburg (de).
LINKS
@shad.i.j
FEATURED IMAGE
Shadi Jafarabadi. SEE DJERBA Houmt Souk 2025. Photo: GPS