Culture
In 'The Other Apartment,' One Home Spans a Deep Divide
An artist’s apartment in Tehran was meticulously recreated in Pittsburgh, inviting Americans and Iranians to inhabit the same space, half a world apart.
What if you could be transported into another person's lived experience just by visiting their home?
Two artists—one in Pittsburgh, one in Tehran—are putting this idea to the test with The Other Apartment, an ambitious installation that uses the intimacy of one person’s home to bridge the vast geographic, cultural, and political divides between the United States and Iran.