Azar Saiyar is Helsinki-based filmmaker and visual artist whose art has been shown at film and media art festivals, galleries, exhibitions, museums and on television. She often uses archive materials and plays with images and words of collective memory to look towards the ways of looking, speaking, remembering and telling stories. She received the AVEK Award for media art in 2022.
Contact information
azar.saiyar (a) gmail.com
https://vimeo.com/azarsaiyar
Azar Saiyar at Instagram
Writings about Azar Saiyar’s art:
*2022 Avek Award For Moving Image Artist Azar Saiyar
*NO NIIN Magazine issue 9 (2022) / Marja Viitahuhta: Countering Cohesive Narratives : Conversation with Azar Saiyar