Shirin Neshat: Do U Dare!

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On Wall Street, office workers repeat the same choreographed moves until a voice cuts through and the crowd follows it to Nasim, who starts to perform. She is built on Nasim Aghdam, the Iranian-born YouTuber who opened fire at YouTube's headquarters in 2018 and then took her own life. Pegah Ferydoni plays her.

Shirin Neshat splits the story into three films. You follow Nasim through an immigrant neighbourhood in Brooklyn, then onto Wall Street, then into her suburban home, where she sings, dances and changes costume for her videos. Public life is shot in black and white, and her own world turns to colour. At MAXXI the films sit in a set built for Galleria 5, alongside a series of photographs. The trilogy premiered at Palazzo Marin in Venice during the 2026 Biennale.

The films start from a real shooting and a suicide. Entry is a MAXXI ticket, €15 at the desk or €14 online, free under 18. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 7pm.