Empty Times – Empty Spaces

Empty Times – Empty Spaces

During the whole month of October I will be engaged with a new interdisciplinary project with the working title Empty Times - Empty Space at  Faber Andorra in La Massana, Andorra 

Faber Andorra is an individual residency program supported by the Government of Andorra and Institut Ramon Llull

Empty Times and Empty Spaces

The guiding principle for the implementation of this work project is partly based on the philosophical thoughts and ideas of Ma and Zen, originating from the Far East. I lived and worked in the Far East for a long time, which influenced my artistic concepts.

The Japanese use the term MA to describe the intentional distance created by a brief pause between actions or by the empty space between objects. A distance that is not emptiness or lost time, but rather a special connection. MA can be the silence and emptiness between the notes that create music, the brief pause that emphasizes an action, or the invisible volume for which a bowl was created. It is a spatiotemporal concept that is fundamentally different from the Western view of emptiness, which is geared towards apparent efficiency. In the West, we have neither this word nor a term for this concept.

It was originally planned as a solo project, but then, alongside my own work, I decided to ask four artists from different disciplines in Andorra to collaborate and share their own interpretations of the concepts of "Empty Times" and "Empty Space."

In addition, three workshops are planned: a Social Sculpture Workshop for children (10-11 years old), a classroom art discussion, and a Land Art Workshop for children (6-7 years old).

 

D E S E R T E R S - Final days & Closing Event

One of the most important exhibitions in 2025 that I took part in comes to an end with a closing event on 25 September starting at 12.00 noon.

D E S E R T E R S - an exhibition examining the relationship between illness and making.

Oriel y Bont Gallery, Ty Crawshay Building at the Treforest, Pontypridd Campus, Wales, UK

With the kind support of Stroom, The Hague, Netherlands

 

Images of "Same but Different – ​​Equinox to Equinox"

As previously announced, the short performance festival 

"Same but Different – ​​Equinox to Equinox" took place on 

September 21, 2025, at the StadhuispleinDordrecht (Netherlands).

I created an improvised performance using a mirror, hat, and paper.

Here is a small selection of images.

There is generally no fixed festival program with consecutive performances; instead, everything takes place simultaneously. Collaborations can arise spontaneously.

Same but Different – ​​Equinox to Equinox is an international event for public action in public spaces, open to everyone. Every year at the equinox (in March and September), day and night are approximately equal in length worldwide. The event connects people from all over the world to perform together in public spaces.

For more information, visit https://222lodge.nl/

 

“Same but Different –​​Equinox to Equinox”

After the March 2025 edition, I will perform again at “Same but Different – ​​Equinox to Equinox” – a short performance festival

 

60 Seconds Radio

Two of my recent sound pieces “Conceive” and “You get” were selected and broadcast by 60 Seconds Radio, Montreal, Canada for the 11 Edition 2025

Where radio art can last only one minute: Radio art, collage, soundscape, radio theatre, sonic prose and poetry, sound art, creative documentary, mutant radio, sonic captures: anything is possible as long as it's 60 seconds long.  Many thanks to CHOQ.ca and to the radio partners! Here, radio can only last a minute. Boris Chassagne, director 60 Seconds Radio

https://60secondesradio.com/

 

‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’

‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’

(Freedom to roam, overcoming barriers, confronting  crossings

12^th-21^st September 2025

Opening event 12^th September 7pm-10pm

Wed – Sat.: 10-13 & 17-19 / Sun.: 10-12

Arthall, 8, Triq Agius de Soldanis, Victoria, Gozo, Malta

Three photographic works of mine are on display

Curator and Visual Artist, Diana Ali in collaboration with Arthall, is pleased to present the exhibition ‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’, an exhibition of contemporary artwork investigating confrontational crossings, overcoming barriers & freedom of movement.

This exibition was also on display last year, August 2024 in Madeira, Portugal

We are facing many barriers globally where our identities are being bruised, rejected, and turned away. This leaves a tension for bodies, thoughts, and circumstances to be accepted and co-exist. Artists have been invited to contest and question what it means to face barriers. Often our artworks have been declined from being shown and exhibited. This exhibition gives an opportunity for the art to migrate. There may not be a utopia, but there are ways of overcoming barriers.Imagine the artwork being personified. What would it say if it had freedom of movement, no immigration law, finding asylum and a sense of belonging without being displaced? A fantastic array of international artists come together in one space to question, confront and seek sanctuary through their artwork.

In 2024, a majority of the work was detained by the Portuguese customs on the way to be exhibited in Madeira. The artwork did not have a freedom to roam. In 2025, the art hopes to confront crossings and overcome barriers by having the opportunity to be exhibited at Arthall, Malta.

FLASCHENPOST (POST IN A BOTTLE)

FLASCHENPOST (POST IN A BOTTLE)
Mail Art Exhibition
September 8, 2025 – November 21, 2025
Entrance Windscheidstraße 51, 04179 Leipzig, Germany

The exhibition features a small original linocut by me entitled "Katze in der Stadt/Cat in the City."