Hiwa K creates performances, videos and installations rooted in migration, informal learning, music and lived experience. His work often draws on his journey from Iraqi Kurdistan to Europe and on knowledge acquired outside formal institutions.
Video; performance; installation
Artist Films
Hiwa K in "Berlin" - Season 9 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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Hiwa K: "The Bell Project" | Art21 "Extended Play"
Major Works
- 2017Pre-Image (Blind as the Mother Tongue)
- 2007–15The Bell Project
- 2013My Father’s Colour Period
- 2010 onwardChicago Boys
- 2011This Lemon Tastes of Apple
- 2007Moon Calendar
- 2017View from Above
- 2010The Bridge
- 2011Do You Remember What You Are Burning?
- 2008One Room Apartment
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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