Avant Art Factory is neither a tangible site nor a fixed location. Rather, it embodies the metaphor of a factory, symbolizing motion, productivity, and tireless work around the clock. Its “productions” are the works of Nasir Malekijoo—both those already completed and those yet to come—conceived within a conceptual space shaped by artistic expertise. In contemporary Iran, however, the diaspora of Iranian artists scattered across the globe has lost its cohesion. The Avant Art Factory responds to this absence of collective theatrical, cinematic, and artistc work. It points to the large-scale migration of Iranian artists (often described as a “brain drain” since the 1979 Islamic Revolution), which has disrupted, halted, or transformed their artistic practices. Malekijoo contends that when the possibility of creating art disappears and artists are silenced, he must imagine a symbolic factory. This factory serves as a metaphor for theater, cinema, and art marginalized by the Iranian regime, which funds pro-Islamic cultural productions while disregarding avant-garde artistic expression as a legitimate form. This should not be confused with Andy Warhol’s Factory.