2025 – Bazar Art Books

Thursday, September 25 

12:00 – 3:00 PM
Workshop: My Favorite Book
Facilitator: Ronak Moshtagh and Gelareh Moradi

In this three-hour workshop, we will chat and write about our favourite book, postcard, poster, or sticker from this year’s fair.
What words would we use to describe it, or what would we say to make people want to buy this publication?
When the workshop ends, we will print out our short text and publish a review about the fair.

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Presentation: Riso Printing, a Love Story in the Time of Isolation and Extinction
By: Golrokh Nafisi

In this session, we will discuss Riso printing and the story of the machine that was supposed to be retired, but which became popular among artists. We will also recount the story of publishing a book of the same name in three cities: Tehran, Amsterdam, and Sardinia. The publisher and others involved will be present. The publisher went to Riso Printing to republish marginalised ideas and thoughts from the island of their childhood. We will also recount the challenges of working with the monochrome printing machine and inks made from soy instead of lead that never dried. Finally, we will share the story of the extinct Riso printing machines in Tehran, which will soon be released from isolation to reach more artists.

5:00 – 6:00 PM
Book Presentation: A Language That Touches the Other
By: Bilge Emir

Bilge Emir (*Ankara, based in Berlin) works in illustration, design, and video. Her practice explores the intersections of power structures, visual representation, and the politics of imagery. Bilge will present her newly released book.

Tongue Touching the Other / Dil Ötekine Değince looks at what it’s like to move to a new country, or how similar dynamics can unfold without leaving home. It does this through four interrelated themes: becoming a foreigner, occupying the fragile position of a guest, assimilation through education, and representation. This path is examined through our relationship with language.

Friday, September 26

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Workshop: Bookmaking
Facilitator: Ali Ansari

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Presentation: 51 Personae

51 Personae is an independent art publishing project based in Shanghai, China. It views publishing not merely as a medium but as an urgent and valid artistic practice, with a focus on lived experiences in Asia and the Global South. Through collective and nomadic bookmaking and distribution, 51 Personae has participated in more than 100 independent book and art book fairs across Asia and worldwide.

5:00 – 6:00 PM
Presentation: Voices Undrowned

Voices Undrowned is a Berlin-based nonprofit project run by queer BIPOC refugees and immigrants. It is a community-rooted publication amplifying the voices of those too often unheard. Each month, the project publishes a new issue of its zine and hosts gatherings in Berlin, creating space to connect, read, and share. Voices Undrowned centers the work of marginalized creators — BIPOC, trans*, queer, disabled, refugees, immigrants, and the working class — who speak from the edges, the intersections, and the in-betweens.

Founders and Organizers: Ronak Moshtaghi and Hedieh Ahmadi
Social Media Content Production: Azin Dehghan
Website: Farzin Mojaver
Logo Design: Sam Keshmiri
Visual Identity Design: Aiden Fadaei and Mahan Heyrani
Totebag Production: No-Nist
Film & Photography: Azin Dehghan and Hossein Mirzaei

Thanks to Tarlan Bitaraf, Elham Ala, Sadjad Ghoroghi
Hosted by Didar Art Gallery

Publishers: 

51 Personae (Shanghai)
Ama (Tehran)
Art Hall (Tehran) 
Charkhesh (Mashhad, Tehran)
Havaali (Tehran)
Khajistan (New York)
Nazar (Tehran)
Tabl Magazine (Tehran)
Tavaali (Tehran) 
Voices Undrowned (Berlin)

Platforms:

Amateur Studio (Tehran)
Bar Art Space (Yazd)
Didar Photo Club (Tehran)
Frontline typo (Tehran) 
Moheb (Tehran)
PHOTOBOOK COMMUNITY (Qishm) 
Plaque 27 (Tehran)
Prints Of Persia (Tehran)
Reading Room (Tehran)
Sedākhāne (Tehran)
Silent Ball Room (Isfahan)
Sheet Club (Tehran)

Collectives & Projects:

Amanatdari (Rasht)
Baad Postal (Tehran)
Bitaraf Sisters (Tehran)
Etehadieh Space (Tehran)
K.A. Studio (Tehran)
Niloufar Abi (Tehran)
No Nist (Tehran)
Sirjan Art Book Collective (Sirjan)
Tira Studio (Tehran)
Aidin Fadaee, Mahan Heyrani (Tehran)
Basir . Faran (Tehran)
Baran Varzaghani, Helia Pamoradi, Raha Kiani (Tehran)
Fereshteh Ferdowsi, Ghazal Safdari (Tabriz, Tehran)
Saba Hassanzadeh, Sara Yektapour (Tehran)
12 Days Zine (Tehran)
^{(Avesta Mahmoudvand, Peyman Yazdani, Kasra Heydarizadeh, Kourosh Pashapour, Mehdi Bermeh, Nika Sedighi)} 
The Azabha! (Tehran)
^{(Ilista Chiniforoshan, Kimia Askarian, Yasamin Khosroshahi, Fatemeh Faghihi, Farivash Najaf, Saba Hashemi, Setayesh Davaei, Hedieh Valian)} 
Afnan Rahmani, Sina Haghi, Hoda Mehrgani, Golnaz Vosough, Adib Rouhbakhsh (Isfahan)
Elham Kazemi, Sepideh Gardashti, Shirin Mohamad, Saman Khosravi, Ali Mirazimi (Isfahan)
FA (Fatemeh Yousef, Faezeh Hamami), Kiana Khazchin (Tehran)
Javad Ramezankhani, Setareh Soltani, Mes-han, Fateme Mortazavipour, Mina Shahnazari, Moin Solhinia, Montana (Tehran, Bandar-e-Anzali, Karaj)
Nafiseh Khavaran, Homayoun Razavi, Sadra Jafari, Mehdi Asadi (Tehran)
Negin Taheri, Nasim Momen, Negar Momenifar (Tehran)
Rug & MoreTea & Friends (Tehran)

Artists:

Abas Vahedi (Tehran)
Alireza Zendehjan (Tehran)
Anari (Marivan, Tehran)
Ariana Vosough Ahmadi (Tehran)
Avazeh Almasi (Tehran)
Donia (Tehran)
Faramarz Karimi (Tehran) 
Fahimeh Ghaleha (Tehran)
Folie Cachee (Tehran) 
Hobje (Yazd)
Hastia Haratian (Tehran) 
Jannat (Tehran)
Kiana Zia (Bandar-e-Anzali)
Laleh Arshadi (Tehran) 
Labalab (Tehran)
Long Nose Society (Tehran)
Mojtaba Shabani (Tehran)
Mojgan.aim (Tehran)
Mehdi Navid (Tehran) 
Mahsa Abbasi (Gol Postal) (Tehran)
Mitra Alavi (Tehran)
Nastaran Rejali (Isfahan)
Nafiseh Mohajerpour (Tehran)
QOROUB Studio (Tehran) 
Razieh Darzi (Amol) 
Reyhan Behnam (Tehran)
Shemshad Postal (Tehran)
Salar Shams (Tehran)
Sanaz Sedighi (Tehran)
Sahar Roshanzamir (Tehran)
Shabahang Tayyari (Tehran)
Tanya Shams (Tehran)
Yalda Nooraddini (Tehran)