the previous year.

The unrest prompted a bloody crackdown by the security forces.

Amnesty International said more than 304 people were killed, but a Reuters news agency report put the death toll at 1,500. The Iranian authorities dismissed both figures. An internet shutdown lasted for some five days, virtually cutting off the country.

A feature of these more recent protests is that they have often been leaderless, and fuelled by grassroots anger over inflation, unemployment and widening inequality.

However, despite outbreaks of unrest, the government has managed to remain in control, using a combination of severe restrictions on opposition figures and repressive actions.Artists Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe have teamed up with musician Jennifer Herrema for a project going on view next month at New York’s Red Bull Studios.

Herrema, who formed her first band, Royal Trux, when she was just 16, has drafted an impressive roster of musicians, from Devendra Banhart to Kurt Vile, to create what will be Freeman and Lowe’s first sound installation.

The duo is known for ambitious works that recreate environments such as a meth lab or act as “inhabitable collages.” Their upcoming sound installation will also serve as the score to their new “faux-ethnographic science fiction film,” which will be part of the project, a labyrinthine installation titled Scenario in the Shade, opening September 12.

Freeman and Lowe have brought their walk-in projects to venues like Marfa