Wearables and Tools
Highlights
Land Mark (Foot Prints)
Land Mark (Foot Prints) documents activist collaborations in Vieques, where altered shoe soles stamped protest slogans onto former military land. The photographs capture fragile, temporary marks of dissent that question land use, power, and reclamation through everyday actions.
UITLAATTUIN (Exhaust Garden)
UITLAATTUIN explores wearable nature and mobile landscapes, challenging the concept of gardens, especially in urban settings. Through projects, exhibitions, and workshops, it pushes boundaries and promotes new ways to engage with nature in stony environments.
Armor
Armor (2015) by Kubra Khademi is a provocative performance in which the artist wore a metal breastplate mimicking exaggerated female anatomy, challenging societal norms and gender roles in Kabul. The piece led to exile after violent backlash, marking a pivotal moment in her career.
Walk a Mile in her Veil
Walk a Mile in Her Veil explores Arab identity and feminism, inviting visitors to wear the veil and experience its complexity. The work challenges stereotypes, promotes empathy, and sparks dialogue about women's agency and the multifaceted meanings of the veil.
Ground Mutations – Shoe Prints
Dennis Oppenheim’s Ground Mutations – Shoe Prints (1969) used grooved shoes worn for three months to leave imprints across industrial landscapes, documenting human movement and transforming ordinary footsteps into patterns that merge process, trace, and photographic art.
Walking pieces
Seat Belt, Three Points
Seat Belt, Three Points invites viewers to strap into a seat belt attached to three stations, creating a physical interaction with the artwork. Baden’s works explored kinesthetic experiences and neuromuscular memory, altering perceptions of balance and sensory imprint.
Perambulator
Perambulator is an ongoing walking artwork exploring city life with a pram. Using lived experience, it reveals gendered space, care and mobility through detours, obstacles and collective walks, making visible how streets shape access, inequality and everyday movement.
Scratching Both Walls at Once
In Scratching Both Walls at Once, Rebecca Horn extends her “Finger Gloves,” creating longer versions to scratch the walls of her studio while walking. The performance, filmed by Horn, explores the relationship between body and space, continuing her evolving “Personal Art” series.
