“Wall” is a solo exhibition that centres on the wall as a force of separation and as a mechanism that shapes the visibility and invisibility of worlds, bodies, and cities. It explore wall as a purely architectural element, that produces spatial boundaries, negotiates power.
The research begins with Skin, the body’s first wall: a permeable boundary that holds the tension between inside and outside. From this intimate scale, the inquiry expands toward the urban wall.
Through a constellation of drawings, installations, video works, and text, the exhibition traces the shifting roles of the wall across different mediums. The Wall seeks to explore and imagine this fundamental architectural element and the concepts it carries.
Artist:
Sepide Elmi
Curator and collaborator:
Ben Bittmann
Sound designer:
Lea mina Rossatti
Artist advisor:
Sam Durant
Photo:
Salar Keshavarz
Interact Video art:
In collaboration with Hooman Dehghani
Frenzy Stair video:
Pahlavani Brothers
Frenzy Stair performer:
Ella Lotfi
Location: Weißenhof.Neubau2. Graben Gallery
December 2025
Nomadic Creatures
Drawings series
Nomadic Creatures
They are a family bound by shared genes.
They resist accepting a fixed program. They resist a permanent form. They resist being placed in a single location. They resist being defined. They carry futile programs, and their very essence is rooted in futility.
This series began in 2019. At first, these creatures were closer to the ground-larger and heavier. Over time, they became lighter, freed from the earth, and freed from any program.
Through migration, the body's relationship with context transformed, leading to the perception of a new kind of spatial form. The suspended posture of this family and the unstable structure that connects its two parts are outcomes of this transformative experience.
