Through the Sun
A Mythopoetic Multimedia Installation
August 15 - September 19
Opening reception: Saturday, August 15, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Reisig and Taylor Contemporary presents Through the Sun, a multimedia video installation by Shaghayegh Cyrous that traces a passage through memory, myth, pressure, and transformation. Shaped by political, social, religious, and geopolitical forces, the work draws on ancestral memory, Iranian mythology, surviving texts, and oral traditions. Rooted in Zoroastrian cosmology and Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, it reflects on trial as revelation and the human spirit moving through darkness toward light. Here, the sun becomes a threshold of belonging and curiosity, a space between light and dark, good and evil: a portal, inviting viewers into a visceral exploration of survival, transformation, rebirth, and the unknown.
Reisig and Taylor Contemporary, 603 North Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Wednesday - Saturday | Noon - 6 pm, and by Appointment
Breathe the Sun
A Mythopoetic Multimedia Installation
September 12th - October 31st, 2026
Opening reception: Saturday, August 15, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Telematic Gallery presents Breathe the Sun, a multimedia video installation by Shaghayegh Cyrous that traces the emotional landscape of living between political, social, religious, and geopolitical forces. Through ancestral memory, mythology, and inherited forms of wisdom, the work becomes a search for light, harmony, and survival amid instability.
Inhalation and exhalation are the simplest forms of death and rebirth: a cycle, a return, a beginning again. Breath becomes the first rhythm of life on this planet. Drawing from Iranian mythology and Zoroastrianism over 3,500 years ago, focusing on primal creation, Breathe the Sun reflects on the ancient struggle between light and darkness, creation and destruction, good and evil. Within this mythological framework, the search for light becomes both cosmic and deeply personal.
Telematic Media Art, 323 10th St. @ Folsom (SoMa), San Francisco, CA 94103
Wednesday - Saturday | Noon - 6 pm, and by Appointment
