05/05/2026
I’m happy and honored to share that I was invited by to participate in the 61st Venice Biennale, curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, under the theme “In Minor Keys.”
On view are two face masks that emerged from a collaborative performance I held last November .
During the performance, I invited the audience to collectively build a vessel. Everyone was welcome to participate. I asked each person to place into the clay an emotion or intention they no longer wished to carry inside. Together, we formed a container for these experiences.
The climax of the project was a deconstruction of the piece – an act of release and letting go.
Afterward, I collected and recycled the clay. From this material, I created a series of masks. Each one holds a trace of what was given: an imprint of collective feeling, transformed into form.
This work continues my interest in clay as both material and witness – something that absorbs, records, and carries memory.
The work is on the view until November 22.
Photos of the performance by .lias
