26.09.2026—OPEN WA~TER No1

We welcome Damini Gairola and Emir Garcia, sharing their current works as part of the first OPEN WA~TER. Sina Saberi will host the Micro Labs and facilitate a follow-up discussion between the artists and the interested audience.

Both sketches revolve around personal memories and emotional states. In “Up Side Down”, Damini Gairola seeks to resist forgetting and erasure of her personal, historical imprints. Coincidentally, Emir Garcia is experimenting with a suspended body in “Please Do Not Lift Alone” and turns herself upside down for as long as she can take it.

The SHD/ Studio Hammer Deich and OPEN WA~TER is funded by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media.