Darookhaneh Apotheke Pharmacy is a conversation space in the form of an Iranian pharmacy run by Sohrab Kashani and Anahita Razmi since 2022. Its spatial set-up comprises an installation filled with copies of Iranian pharmaceuticals and medication packages.
Emerging in the aftermath of a global pandemic and a period of shared devastation, during which concerns about the unequal distribution of vaccines became pressing issues, Darookhaneh Apotheke Pharmacy makes a link to the Iranian concept of "darookhaneh" ("daroo" (medicine/cure) and "khaneh" (home) = "the home for cure"), testing out what it can enable for hybrid artistic work during crisis.

Transcultural (dis)connections, trade infrastructures, legal obstacles, and inequalities in medicine distribution between the Global North and the Global South are some of the topics echoed in this space, which furthermore aims to look at what artistic strategies of appropriation and copying can do for rethinking and shifting (neo)colonial power dynamics. Bringing together selected speakers, collaborators, and the public, Darookhaneh Apotheke Pharmacy fosters discussions and conversations on these critical topics and their larger contexts.
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