The Curtain That Never Fell, 2025
Mixed media installation: coated wood, iron curtains, custom software, 207 x 207 x 207 cm
The curtain didn’t fall. It unfolded- slowly, quietly- until it reached places we didn’t expect. What used to split worlds with concrete and wire now moves through policy, language, and everyday routine. Division hasn’t disappeared; it’s gotten smarter. Less visible, more efficient. A line redrawn in perception rather than on a map. We’re told the borders are open, the systems improved, the rewards fair. But who decides what order looks like? And who does it leave untouched? The structure holds- it just speaks a different language now. One that’s harder to name, easier to absorb. Maybe the curtain was never meant to fall. Maybe we just stopped noticing it.
The Curtain That Never Fell, Diploma Thesis Exhibition, Die Angewandte, Vienna, 2025