Past Residents
Zara Pfeifer
Zara Pfeifer’s work is concerned with the social phenomena of large-scale infrastructure. Her documentation of the modernist housing project Alterlaa (Du, meine konkrete Utopie, 2013-17) and her series on truck drivers (Good Street!, 2018-2022) involves extended periods of immersion in the day-to-day life of her subjects. Besides photography, she reveals her findings in lectures, audio, and video recordings.
Zara Pfeifer has exhibited work at Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin; MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles; and Künstlerhaus, Austria, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Summer Open House
July 28, 2021, 3–9pm
Zara Pfeifer, Du, meine konkrete Utopie, 2019, photography and textile paper, 1571/2 × 393/8 in. (400 × 100 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Good Street!, 2022, framed photograph , 235/8 × 153/4 in. (60 × 40 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, ICC Berlin, 2023, photography and vinyl, 1617/16 × 1181/8 in. (410 × 300 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, El Archivo, 2023, photography and archival print, dimensions variable
Zara Pfeifer, Rollrasen, 2023, video on two screens and pasted poster, 1081/4 × 783/4 in. (275 × 200 cm)
Past Resident2023: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński is a writer, artist, and scholar. Her research-based and process-oriented practice rooted in Black feminist theory revolves around archives, specifically the gaps and blanks in public archives and collections. Her works, which intertwine documentary and fiction and are presented in a wide range of mediums, examine the present of an everlasting colonial past. Kazeem-Kamiński’s first artistic monograph a past without closure will be published by Sternberg Press in 2023.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński has exhibited work at 2023 Liverpool Biennial, United Kingdom; Camera Austria, Austria; and Kunsthalle Wien, Viena, among others.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Unearthing. In Conversation, 2017, video, 13 min.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, The Letter, 2019, video, 18 min.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Fleshbacks, 2021, video, 6 min.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, In Search of Red, Black, and Green, 2021, photograph, 31 × 46 in. (78.74 × 116.84 cm)
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Respire (Liverpool), 2023, video, 16 min.
Residents from Austria
Alex Nowak
Alex Nowak is a transdisciplinary artist creating sculptures and paintings in the realm of a comical archeology. Blurring the lines between the built environment and the natural world, his artworks are characterized by raw texture and organic forms. Nowak explores spatial stories about the human figure that are influenced by folk props and horror fiction. His work aims to interweave artistic materiality with contemporary social and philosophical theory.
Alex Nowak has exhibited work at Folkwang Museum, Germany; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada; and KIT, Germany, among others.
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable
Alex Nowak, Angelisa Frayed, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, 90 × 20 × 20 in. (228.6 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable
Alex Nowak, Untitled, 2017, paint, styrofoam and stucco, from the group exhibition "Mary and the Vulcano" at KIT, Düsseldorf, 80 × 80 in. (203.2 × 203.2 cm)