Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Zara Pfeifer
Zara Pfeifer shows interest in social and spatial phenomena by blending into the world she is documenting, both as an observer and as an active part of her surroundings–as a co-driver in a truck on a route through Europe(Good Street!) or joining the social life in the housing project Alterlaa(Du, meine konkrete Utopie). Besides photography, she reveals her findings in lectures, audio, and video recordings.
Zara Pfeifer has exhibited work at Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin; Galerie Kernweine Foto und Raum, Stuttgart, Germany; and Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Summer Open House
July 28, 2021, 3–9pm
Zara Pfeifer, B-Block, 2017, fine art print, 35 × 47 in. (90 × 120 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Du, meine konkrete Utopie, 2019, c-prints on textile, 39 × 137 in. (100 × 350 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Good Street!, 2021, fine art print, 15 11/16 × 23 5/8 in. (40 × 60 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Good Street!, 2017, print on poster, 118 × 78 11/16 in. (300 × 200 cm)
Zara Pfeifer, Good Street!, 2016, print on poster, 78 11/16 × 118 in. (200 × 300 cm)
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2021: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Yousef Bahzad
Yousef Bahzad works with painting and experimental photography. The artist maintains and builds upon what he refers to ‘visual mythos,’ consisting of past drawings, paintings, and photographs. Bahzad observes how the works supplement and speak to each other as a starting point to explore themes of individuality and universality.
Yousef Bahzad has exhibited work at Fire Station, Doha, Qatar, and ITSLIQUID Group, Venice, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Yousef Bahzad, Wraith, 2019, oil on canvas, 395/16 × 353/8 in. (99.82 × 89.92 cm)
Yousef Bahzad, Cave, 2016, oil on canvas, 681/8 × 681/2 in. (172.97 × 173.99 cm)
Yousef Bahzad, Untitled, 2017, oil on canvas, 681/8 × 681/8 in. (172.97 × 172.97 cm)
Yousef Bahzad, Conflagration, 2017, oil on canvas, 24 × 181/8 in. (60.96 × 45.97 cm)
Yousef Bahzad, I, 2017, oil on canvas, 297/8 × 24 in. (75.95 × 60.96 cm)
Residents from Qatar
Past Resident2021: AES+F
Aslan Goisum
Aslan Goisum tends to mine memory–collective and personal, political and cultural–for clues about colonial realities, how they have been endured and how they might be undone. Identities come into play in his work, as embodied effects of violence perpetrated or unfreedom suffered but also as possible openings, new beginnings. So far, his prime artistic tools have been the moving image, sculptural installation and various paper-based techniques.
Aslan Goisum has exhibited work at Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam; and Kohta, Helsinki, among others.
Aslan Goisum, Volga, 2015, single-channel, HD video projection, 4:11 min
Aslan Goisum, People of No Consequence, 2016, single-channel, HD video projection, 8:34 min
Aslan Goisum, Numbers, 2015, 50 metal plaques, 77/8 × 11 in. (20.07 × 27.94 cm) each
Aslan Goisum, Untitled, 2015, one metal jug, six glass copies
Aslan Goisum, No Need for Theories, 2011, book, soil, 411/16 × 3 × 10 in. (11.94 × 7.62 × 25.4 cm)
