An artist traveling with a giant wheel from Germany to Washington, DC, sends a message about building bridges. Artist Shahin Tivay Sadatolhosseini travels slowly to enjoy what each place he visits has to offer. It’s not every day you see a man rolling a giant gym wheel down the street. But it has become a daily thing for Sadatolhosseini, who has been traveling with his wheel for over 400 days. “Most people say, ‘Why?'” Sadatolhosseini said. “The wheel is part of my life. Sadatolhosseini has loved the gym wheel and gymnastics since he was a child. He moved from his native country in Iran to Germany during the Iran-Iraq war. “I was very surprised at how different Iran really is from what you see (in) the news,” Sadatolhosseini said.| LINK: Shahin Tivay Sadatolhosseini’s Instagram Page Now Sadatolhosseini is on a westward mission to connect his home country of Iran to the United States, so his art project called “Yavash Yavash” translates to “Slowly, Slowly ” in Persian took him from his hometown in Germany to Madrid, Spain, New York “Building bridges is, for me, very important, and it is perhaps the most important part, of being slowly,” Sadatolhosseini said. Now Sadatolhosseini is slowly walking towards DC, admiring the sights. ues and meet new people along the way. “I see how languages change and how landscapes change,” Sadatolhosseini said. “People’s reaction is really important, to talk with ordinary people.” The wheel is a really well organized contraption. Sadatolhosseini keeps his luggage and camera on parts of the wheel so he can capture his journey. “I blog every day, 12 photos and it is, for me, very important”, declared Sadatolhosseini.| LINK: Yavash’s blog YavashSadatolhosseini says it’s important to him to show people around the world what it’s like to travel slowly, understand everything and build bridges along the way.
An artist traveling with a giant wheel from Germany to Washington, DC, sends a message about building bridges.
Artist Shahin Tivay Sadatolhosseini travels slowly to enjoy what each place he visits has to offer. It’s not everyday you see a man rolling a giant gym wheel down the street.
But it has become a daily routine for Sadatolhosseini, who has been traveling with his wheel for more than 400 days.
“Most people say, ‘Why? ‘” Sadatolhosseini said. “The wheel is part of my life.”
Sadatolhosseini loves the gym wheel and gymnastics since childhood. He moved from his native Iran to Germany during the Iran-Iraq War.
In 2015, he traveled on foot from Germany to Iran as part of his “Roll East” art project, a two-year journey that connected his homeland to his new land.
“I was very surprised how different Iran really is from what you see (on) the news,” Sadatolhosseini said.
| LINK: Shahin Tivay Sadatolhosseini’s Instagram page
Now Sadatolhosseini is on another mission traveling west to connect his home country of Iran with the United States. So his art project called “Yavash Yavash” translates to “Slowly, Slowly” in Persian took him from his hometown in Germany to Madrid, Spain for New York City.
“Building bridges is, for me, very important, and perhaps the most important thing is to be slow,” Sadatolhosseini said.
Now Sadatolhosseini slowly makes his way to DC on foot, admiring the sights and meeting new people along the way.
“I see how languages change and how landscapes change,” Sadatolhosseini said. “People’s reaction is really important, to talk with ordinary people.”
The wheel is a really well organized contraption. Sadatolhosseini keeps his luggage and camera on parts of the wheel so he can capture his journey.
“I blog every day, 12 photos and that is, for me, very important,” Sadatolhosseini said.
| LINK: Blog Yavash Yavash
Sadatolhosseini said it was important to him to show people around the world what it’s like to travel slowly, understand everything and build bridges along the way.
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