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Under Construction
Di. - So., 14:00-18:00 Uhr ICAT, HFBK Hamburg
Catalina González González, Maik Gräf, Moshtari Hilal, Nabila Horakhsh, Grit Richter, Annegret Soltau, Aimilia A. Theofilopoulos & Lio Kappel, Alison Umeh, Jasmin Werner, Maja Wietfeldt
An Exhibition on the Construction of the Self and the Body
The exhibition Under Construction explores the body as a space of experience and a site of social influences. Through photographs, textile works, installations, and films, ten artistic practices reflect on how the perception of the self and the body is constantly shifting. The self emerges as a processual, relational construction in which memory, emotion, movement, and attributions play a significant role. A textile labyrinth allows visitors to experience these processes spatially: paths branch off, views are blocked, and visitors are prompted to pause or turn back.
Curated by Anne Meerpohl
Thursday 8 Oct 2026
Eröffnung
6:00 pm
Friday 23 Oct 2026
A Piece of Me
3:00 pm
Nabila Horakhsh
Textile art workshop by Nabila Horakhsh
A Piece of Me is a participatory, conceptual, and experimental installation based on the collection, stitching, documentation, and connection of pieces of fabric from diverse cultures, geographies, and personal narratives. The project reconsiders the mystical concept of “unity” through the idea that every individual is a piece of a larger collective body.
Through a series of workshops, participants are invited to bring a personal piece of fabric or clothing that carries a memory, experience, cultural connection, or personal significance. They transform their pieces through textile art practices such as stitching, embroidery, calligraphy, painting, printing, beadwork, patchwork, and other experimental techniques.
The workshop creates a space for participants to meet, exchange stories, and reflect on their individual identities while creating. Each piece becomes an expression of its maker—preserving its own color, texture, memory, and identity.
The pieces created during the workshops are then collected, documented, connected, and assembled into a large-scale textile installation. Individually, each piece represents a personal story; collectively, they form a larger body.
Nabila Horaksh is an ArtsLink Fellow 2026 co-hosted by HFBK Hamburg and Arteeast, New York, NY. ArtsLink Fellowships is a CEC ArtsLink program, based in the US, supporting pioneering transnational artists, curators, and arts leaders to develop creative community-engaged practices in the US and across borders.
Artist Talk Nabila Horakhsh & Lila Nazemian
6:00 pm
Nabila Horakhsh, Lila Nazemian
Nabila Horaksh is an ArtsLink Fellow 2026 co-hosted by HFBK Hamburg and Arteeast, New York, NY. ArtsLink Fellowships is a CEC ArtsLink program, based in the US, supporting pioneering transnational artists, curators, and arts leaders to develop creative community-engaged practices in the US and across borders.
Saturday 24 Oct 2026
Live Concert
5:30 pm
ICAT, HFBK Hamburg
With Azim Haydari, Walid Zarif, Samimulla Sayafullah
Invited by Nabila Horakhsh & Lila Nazemian
Wednesday 4 Nov 2026
Workshop-Intervention
6:00 pm
Students from the seminar “Sculpture and Stage Design – Miniature Scarecrows” by Jasmin Werner:
Diana Laura Lezama Robles, Elias Eichelmann, Inja Gardthausen, Lee Guddat, Myla Lucia Guschke Shepherdson, Jeanne Hausen-Mabilon, Franka Koppelberg, Koffi Cédric Kouadio, Moritz Kerstan, Nadine Kaiser, Niklas Leonard, Oscar Rasmussen, Madita Ritthammer, Ruben Scheerer, Archontelis Sotirchos, Lilja Lynn Stobernack, Rachele Smilgies, Tamina Grinnus, Joufen Wang
Sunday 15 Nov 2026
Finissage
4:00 pm
With curatorial guided tour (in German)