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Performance | Mänttä FI
March 2022 | Ahead of the exhibition, we were able to test some of the wearable sculptures. Made of paper, they had to withstand the harsh environmental conditions of the Finnish winter. Flexibility and robustness are the essential criteria in handicraft production, as the design must also be suitable for later performances.
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Klartraum | Mänttä FI
23.3.-26.3.21 Finland | Variations of an Oneironautic Sojourn – Serlachius Foundation | with Yasushi Koyama | To sort out my countless thoughts and ideas, the remote residency at the Serlachius Foundation in Mänttä, Finland proves to be the ideal place for me. Here I can develop garments sufficiently stable for the use in performances, and…
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Mänttä | Finland 01-03.22
To sort out my countless thoughts and ideas, the remote residency in Mänttä, Finland proves to be the ideal place. Here I can make the garments sufficiently stable for the use in performances, and find time to try out new materials and construction methods. Creating the right solutions so that the pieces can withstand the…
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Biennale di carta | Schio IT
23.10.21 – 27.03.22 Italy | Biennale Internazionale di opere di carte – Palazzo Fogazzaro | The works shown in Schio, Vicenza are wearable objects designed from old books and other historic materials, mostly made from Japanese washi paper. The transparent garments function as mobile shelters of the fragile memory. Covered in knowledge they teach about the…
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WELCOME! 10 anni di SAPH | Rome IT
1.-23.10.21 Italy | Maxxi Museo Nazionale Roma | Organised to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Swatch Peace Art Hotel, the exhibition was curated by Carlo Giordanetti in collaboration with Hou Hanru, the artistic director of the Maxxi Museum in Rome. Opening ceremony with Sebastio Salgado’s show Amazonia. by director Giovanna Melandri. Information about work 1 |…
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Opening Biennale di carta | Vicenza IT
March 2021 Italy | Finally we could set up six of my paper works which will be presented at the Biennale Internazionale di opere di carte in Schio, Vicenza in a couple of weeks. It was an easy ride to Italy and a very warm welcome at the Palazzo Fogazzaro. Next to some of my…
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#JapanRevisited202x | Ginza Tokyo JP
8.13.6.2021 Japan | Morioka Shoten | Selected by the Austrian Cultural Forum of Tokyo, photographs picturing three of my paper garments which I tailored in Onishi, Gunma were on display in Ginza, Tokyo. They are be shown together with the publication #JapanRevisited202x: then—now—after. From June 8-13, 2021 日本語Suzuki Building, 1-28-15 Ginza, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Morioka Shoten, the Bookshop…
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Finnish Encounter | Mänttä FI
Photo Shooting – Winter 2021 | Despite the pandemic lockdown in Europe I got the chance to visit Finland and pursue my project in a secure environment at Serlachius Residency in Mänttä one hour east of Tampere. Right after the opening of my exhibition in February I could start the black and white photo portraits…
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The Faith of Distance | Mänttä FI
17-21.2.21 Finland | Serlachius Foundation | The two month residency in Finland was quite successful with an exhibition and feature in the newspaper. My working conditions in the studio were near perfect and the footage in the local thrift stores turned out amazing. Only the cold temperatures with mostly minus 20 degrees became a challenge…
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Mänttä | Finland 01-02.21
To visit the Serlachius residency in Finland was a difficult trip. Due to the pandemic restrictions I had to quarantine for more than a week in Helsinki and Tampa. But reaching finally my destination it was worth the effort. Next to a lake and covered in freezing temperatures it turned out quite idyllic. What I…
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Pandemic Exile -Photography | Brig CH
Photo-shooting – Spring 2020 |A fresh insight into my most recent work from my Swiss exile. Reflecting on pandemic shelter. Working with the negative slides refreshes my memories of the summer in the Alps living in a Swiss castle. The poetic times are obvious gone, shelter and isolation is about to visit again. The analogue…
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Relentless | Tehran IRN
Winter 2020 | Working again on the analoge slides from Iran. It was a most alienating experience and as a matter of fact a very nice and warm one too. I was the last artist who got the chance to get a funded residency at the Austrian embassy in Tehran. After that it was closed…