Tara Goudarzi (b. 1978) and Razieh Goudarzi (b. 1987)

This chapter explores the ecofeminist performance practice of Taraz Group, led by Taraz and Razieh Goudarzi in Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran. Working through both solo and dual collaborations, the artists develop a lens-based and nature-bound performance art that meditates on perception, selfhood, spiritual presence, and the rituals of self-reflection and collective ecological attunement. Through performances such as Interactions series, Untitled , Mirror Sky , Offerings series, and Existence , the Goudarzis enact a spiritually charged and corporeally grounded engagement with the environment that both draws from and contributes to a localized ecofeminist ethics. Their practice emphasizes feminine subjectivity and the generative potential of embodied solitude, wherein sparse audiences and remote landscapes become stages for crossing human perceptual limits and activating new forms of becoming. Rooted in the spiritual traditions and ecological urgencies of their region, the group’s work creates participatory and contemplative encounters, especially with students and local communities, to foster collective environmental awareness.