East is East
EAST IS EAST East is East (Multan, Pakistan, 2003) highlights the dissonance between billboard advertisements and the everyday realities of expanding cities in Pakistan. Large commercial signs dominate urban spaces in Pakistan. In this installation, a video of the skyline of Multan is projected onto a billboard, gradually zooming [...]
Foreigners are Being Watched
Foreigners are Being Watched Foreigners Are Being Watched (Lahore, Pakistan, 2003) is a video sculpture sparked by a stark newspaper headline reading Foreigners Are Being Watched seen on the streets of Lahore during the “War on Terror” era. The installation shows eyes of a man and [...]
Overtures
OVERTURES Overtures is a multi-layered installation examining how individuals operate within meticulously orchestrated group dynamics. Over two days, 31 performers navigated a garden according to scripted rules resembling an imagined parlor game. Though their encounters seemed casual—like strangers do every day—their encounters were precisely choreographed and filmed from a centrally [...]
From Zero to One
FROM ZERO TO ONE From Zero to One examines the boundaries of the impossible. Originally presented as a performance at the Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam (1999), the work combines the equation 4(x·x) – 4(x·x – x)—whose values oscillate between zero and one without repeating—and the puzzle “House X,” which challenges one to [...]
From Zero to One
From Zero to One From Zero to One (performance, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, 1999) examines the boundaries of the impossible. The expression 4(x·x) – 4(x·x – x) yields values that fluctuate between zero and one, yet never repeat. Similarly, the puzzle “House X” involves finding a path through a finite graph that [...]
Ruth en de Rivier
Ruth en de rivier Ruth en de rivier (Maastricht, the Netherlands; Salzburg, Austria, 1998) explores cinematic duration through two contrasting mediums. A thirty-minute VHS recording captures a river’s steady flow, presenting time in a linear, unfolding manner. Alongside it, a looped 15-meter Super-8 film shows a woman picking her [...]
Lightwalking
20 TRIES OF LIGHTWALKING 20 Tries of Lightwalking was a series of attempts at the impossible—walking on light. Developed during a residency in 1998 at De Fabriek in Eindhoven, the performance involved shoes fitted with eighteen illuminated bulbs attached to the soles. Each step shattered the bulbs, revealing [...]