17/09/2026
F###ism-TOSHAIN / CEEH will be at the Barsa-Kelmes Salt Flats in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, opening with “MANIFESTATION“ Friday, 18 September 2026. The project is part of YONAR, a new experimental art festival in Barsa-Kelmes (in English: “the place of no return”).
“The white salt desert of Barsa-Kelmes – situated on the dried-out bed of the Aral Sea, a human-made environmental disaster of the 20th century – becomes the stage for a performance in which familiar boundaries are dissolved.
Ten volunteer participants – men and women – stand motionless in the vastness of the salt desert, wearing identical black protective suits directly against their bare skin. With their backs turned to the audience, their individual identities and gender distinctions disappear, transforming their bodies into anonymous living sculptures.
During the action, the artist spray-paints the slogans ILLUSIONi̶s̶m̶-TC, SPIRITUALi̶s̶m̶-TC, METAREALi̶s̶m̶-TC, FEMINi̶s̶m̶-TC onto the suits. By crossing out “ism”, the work rejects rigid categories, ideological labels and imposed definitions.
The protective suits become both armour and a symbol of vulnerability. After several minutes of complete stillness, the performers come back to life and take the suits with them – as a symbol of inner freedom and awakening.
This performance is a part of a wider project by Anna Ceeh and Franz Pomassl, “SILK ROAD TRACES | PART 1. INTERMEDIA ART, SOUND & ECOLOGICAL MEMORY”. The project is supported by BMWKMS.
- from the press text
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Art-Label F###Xi̶s̶m̶TC
