Faraz Ghorbanpour // Raz Does Art
Faraz Ghorbanpour uses stop-motion animation to reflect the realities of living in a slowly crumbling world. Through animations that explore yearning, grief, and desire among American Gen Z audiences, he draws on lived experiences of capitalism, separation, and longing for a better world. Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1998 and raised in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, he has watched the aspirations and visions of those around him shift with age, even as deeper desires remain consistent. What was promised to younger generations has not come to fruition, creating space for him to develop clay-based animations within an entirely digital world. Ghorbanpour brings stop-motion into online spaces, placing physical media in worlds that exist through technology, alongside generative and digital augmentation. Through these tools, his work asks viewers to consider their relationship to wanting a better world in a time of malaise.
Faraz Ghorbanpour is an emerging stop-motion video and sculpture artist in Brooklyn, New York, exploring grief and yearning in Gen Z populations. Using clay, digital software, and live video, he shares short animations representing aspects of desire and desperation within our generation. He holds a B.A. in Arts and a B.S. in Digital Media Studies from the University of Rochester, and a Masters in Entertainment Arts and Engineering from the University of Utah. He exhibited his animations globally, from Seoul, Montreal, and throughout the United States, and has been featured in Nguyen Wahed’s residency program focusing on new media. Faraz Ghorbanpour is exploring new media and collaborative works, previously working with Carolina Herrera, Patreon, and the Hilton Hotel.