HAROUM :
Haroum is a solo exhibition by Elika Hedayat, c urated by Valentina Ulisse taking place Drawing Lab in paris from October 17 to January 4, 2026. "[...] practices of living and dying in rich worldings that I think of as string figure games" Donna Haraway, Staying with the trouble In several works of Persian literature written between the 10th and 12th centuries, Haroum is described as a city governed by learned women, who live in equality and peace with the environment. Free and independent, they seem to echo the Amazons, warrior women of Greco-Roman mythology, who became a symbol of female emancipation and gender equality. In these ancient Persian epics, animals and imaginary creatures occupy a remarkable place and, in constant alliance with humans, help to blur existing boundaries between genders and species. Simorgh , for example, a long-lived bird with invaluable knowledge, is a central, metamorphic character, a cre...