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# Poetic and Committed Works Immerse yourself in **Performing the Invisible**, a monographic exhibition that reveals Hoda Afshar's innovative practice, where photography, video, and installations interrogate the colonial legacy of imagery to uncover hidden narratives, marginalities, and feminist resistance, transforming the medium into a tool of revelation against dominant powers. At the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, two major projects coexist: *Speak the Wind* (2015-2020), a visual essay on beliefs linked to winds in the islands of Hormuz in Iran – glowing sea, flying fabrics, masks against spirits – and *The Fold* (2023-2025), a critical reappropriation of the Clérambault collection (1918-1919) of colonial Moroccan drapery, via fragmented mirrors and immersive sound to deconstruct exotic gazes. This French premiere, in contemplative dimness, invites reflection on the veil, gender, and the invisible, blending local drawings, videos, and photographs to perform the decolonization of imaginations. ## Dates and Duration From **September 30, 2025 to January 25, 2026**, this exhibition spans four months, extending the exploration of the invisible into the heart of winter for a progressive and seasonal immersion. Open Tuesday through Sunday, it includes guided tours and encounters such as the conversation on September 29, 2025 with Annabelle Lacour. This generous duration allows for return visits, enriching the perception of the works as contemporary debates evolve. ## Opening Hours Open **Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm** (last entry 6pm, closed Mondays and public holidays including January 1, May 1, and December 25), with exceptional evening hours for special events. Free visits last approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour, encouraging sensory wandering through the darkened space. These flexible hours adapt to urban schedules while fostering an introspective atmosphere. ## Address and Access The complete address is: **musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 37 quai Branly, 75007 Paris**. Located on the Left Bank near the Eiffel Tower, the museum is accessible by metro (Line 9, Alma-Marceau station; RER C, Pont de l'Alma station). This iconic building designed by Jean Nouvel, with its vegetated library, amplifies Afshar's invisible, merging organic architecture with postcolonial reflections. ## Admission and Accessibility Admission is **€13 for full price** (€11 reduced for students, seniors, and groups); free for under 18s, EU citizens aged 18-25, and the first Sunday of each month. Online reservation recommended for time slots, with multilingual audio guides, tactile visits, and accessibility accommodations (elevators, spacious areas) ensuring total inclusion. This balanced pricing democratizes Afshar's work, making her postcolonial critiques accessible to a diverse audience. ## Artistic Context Born in 1983 in Tehran and based in Melbourne, Hoda Afshar, trained at Central Saint Martins in London and RMIT University, has interrogated since 2009 the ideological mechanisms of photography – gender, displacement, marginality – through hybrid installations that push the boundaries of the medium to reveal the invisible, as in *Speak the Wind* where the magical winds of the Persian Gulf become visual entities against historical slavery. In *The Fold*, she reappropriates Clérambault's 600 plates – a colonial psychiatrist fascinated by Moroccan veils – to perform resistance through fabric folds and mirrors that fragment the dominant gaze, highlighting the persistence of stereotypes about the female body. Curated by Annabelle Lacour following six years of collaboration, this exhibition – with the acquisition of *The Fold* – affirms Afshar as an innovative voice, linking ethnographic photography and Iranian rituals for a poetic and committed decolonization.