Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington-based Iranian artist Mo H. Zareei’s new work Department Press Briefings features in our current exhibition Peal the Bells. In this talk, Zareei brings together the broad influences that have shaped his body of work, from growing up in a brutalist apartment complex in Tehran to collaborating with international icons of experimental music Loscil, Matmos, and Zimoun. The artist’s interdisciplinary practice is a direct outcome of his multi-disciplinary academic path: a PhD in Sonic Arts from Te Herenga Waka, a BFA in Music Technology from CalArts, and a BSc in Physics from Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran – one of the many academic targets of the ongoing American/Isr*eli war on his country. Questioning what it means to work within (or against) multiple institutional and political frameworks, Zareei will talk about his concerns around identity and authorship, as well as the material and political weight of his primary medium – sound.