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‘Morehshin Allahyari' (born 1985, Iran) is a new media artist, art educator, and activist known for her work exploring controversial political, social and cultural issues. Allahyari was born and raised in Iran before moving to the United States in 2007. She is currently a lecturer at San Jose State University and the Co-Founder and Assistant Curator in Research at Experimental Research Lab at Pier9/Autodesk. 

Work
In 2015, Allahyari began making 3D printed copies ancient artifacts destroyed by ISIS. After recreating the objects, flash drives and memory cards containing information on the history of the artifact are contained inside. She describes the work as a project “that inspects Petropolitical and poetic relationships between 3D Printing, Plastic, Oil, Technocapitalism and Jihad”. .The purpose of the project is to preserve cultural artifacts while resisting forces that would have them destroyed. Material Speculation: ISIS is currently ongoing. The artist says that the final stages of the project will include 3D printable files that will be available online and accessible to the public.

The 3D Additivist Manifesto
Allahyari collaborated with Daniel Rouke to write the 3D Additivist Manifesto, which aims to “blur the boundaries between art, engineering, science fiction, and digital aesthetics”. . The video form of the manifesto has sound design by Andrea Young.

http://www.morehshin.com/2015/03/30/the-3d-additivist-manifesto/

Press

 * ."Spread What Has Been Destroyed: Interview with Morehshin Allahyari." Digicult. Web.
 * . "One Artist's Mission to 3D-print the Artifacts That ISIS Destroyed." The Daily Dot. 16 July 2015. Web.
 * ."[Longreads] Additivism: 3D Printing's Call to Action | The Creators Project." The Creators Project. Web.

Further Resources

 * website: http://morehshin.com
 * social: https://twitter.com/morehshin