The Film above is directly linked to a graphic artwork which is planned for publication in the near future. It highlights aspects of this short film which is in turn a complex process-based artworks that extends into other projects I've been working on and other media I work with. This is actually in every way a "Gesamtkunstwerk" that combines the different media in unique way; allowing the different areas to inform and provide alternative insights into the others, while at the same time presenting an individual and new way for me to be creative with the same material. You can imagine it like this. An initial set of ideas spark off in my brain about a given concept as I simultaneously work through all different aspects of a given subject matter. In this case, the physical creation of an etching tank made me consider the problematics of changing art as you etch images you transfer, and I involved other artists by willingly offering up their works to my insane invention... which in turn let to the creation of the idea of creating an imaginary film which would highlight in a dramatic way some of these problematic issues (which horror movies often tend to do). So in addition to the actual physical story of me inventing an upright tank to etch with (which I gave the wildly inappriate name "zap aquarium for electroshock etching" which I later shortened to simply "zaquarium" - so perfect because it appears to have my name in it, I have all the imaginary fiction I have invented or plan to invent around it. This is, however, a first introduction to the zaquarium... as it shows me etching a work of an Iranian artist who kindly agreed to participate in my project.

Of course, this is only an introduction to the project. You see, I am currently working on ZAQUARIUM-8 (there are actually 7 different types of electroetching zaquaria I invented in 2024), and Zarrabi herself has agreed to play a bigger role in this project. Below you fill find the image which linked to this page, and then some of the more complex theoretical writings I've already transcribed about the implications of creating a multilevelled artwork like this.