I don’t document this cycle. I am inside it.

Through the figure of the Rooster-Fish, I explore the illusion of progress 

within a world that moves in cycles.

History does not pass. It repeats—through conflict, power, memory, and silence.

The creature I create is not a symbol of change, but of persistence. It appears in different states—hidden, exposed, protected—moving between vulnerability and resistance.

My work is shaped by years of living between different cultures and histories—observing how patterns re-emerge across places, times, and systems.

I am not outside these repetitions.

I move within them.

Atefeh Anbari is a visual artist based in Belgi

Dowar (Rotation) explores the relationship between identity, time, and space through the recurring presence of the Rooster-Fish—a hybrid form shaped by contradiction.

The project reflects on the illusion of progress within a world that moves in cycles. Rather than moving forward, histories re-emerge, repeating through patterns of conflict, power, memory, and silence.

The Rooster-Fish does not represent transformation, but persistence. It appears across different environments and states—hidden within the ordinary, exposed in moments of tension, or protected when pressure demands it.

Each work is not an isolated narrative, but a fragment of an ongoing cycle. Together, they form a structure where continuity and repetition coexist, revealing a condition that extends beyond a single place or time.

Dowar does not attempt to explain these cycles, but to make their presence visib