THE OTHER ONE @ KWADRAT
ELANA KATZ, JOSHUA FINEBERG, DARIO SRBIĆ
14. Mar – 11. Apr 2026
In cooperation with Goethe-Institut Boston.
Finissage & ArtistTalk: 11.04.26, 16h
THE OTHER ONE
In cooperation with Goethe-Institut Boston
JOSHUA FINEBERG | ELANA KATZ | DARIO SRBIĆ
Finissage & ArtistTalk: 11.04.26, 16h
Duration: 14.03.26-11.04.26
Galerie KWADRAT presents The Other One, a two-part HEW project that premiered at the GoetheInstitut Boston in October 2025. Creating new adaptations of their Boston works site-specifically
for KWADRAT, the artists confront the topics dependency, displacement, and distortion, through
live performance, AI-driven sculpture, and sound installation.
Curated by Elana Katz.
Project Partners: Goethe-Institut Boston, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual
Arts and Music, KWADRAT Berlin, HEW, Boston Public Art Triennial.
Supported by Internatinaler Koproduktionfonds of Geothe-Institut, Boston University Shipley
Center for Digital Learning and Innovation, Boston University Arts Initiative.
Site-specific performance
3D-printed cylinders, 57 mm diameter × 108 mm height
In this performance Elana Katz works site-specifically with the space of Galerie KWADRAT. The gallery has a high ceiling that spans two floors; a ladder is installed between these two floors, leading up to an opening to the gallery's office, located nearly at the roof of the building.
Katz makes the duraTonal commitment to go up and down this ladder to explore the space between these two heights, these two floors, to confront her own fear of heights; to confront the fear of falling.
The acTon takes place for one hour. Dario Srbić's sensors collect the biometric data of Katz's physical and mental experience of fear in real-Tme — her sweat, heartbeat, brainwaves, muscles — anchored by the collarbone. This data drives an AI-connected 3D printer, which carves spiral grooves into cylindrical sculptures, accumulaTng the intensiTes of fear as conTnuous topography. Each revoluTon records another moment of the performer's body meeTng its threshold.
The 3D printer and Katz's body perform in dialogue — two instruments registering the same experience. The resulTng sculptures become physical maps of the space between the ladder's boXom and top, between fear and its confrontaTon. Six sculptures emerge over the hour, one every ten minutes — fear read through the classical language of the body. From the same recorded signals, six more follow: the same experience reinterpreted through computaTonal analysis, the same hour cut differently each Tme.
Stylist and AestheTc Consultant: ChrisTan Fritzenwanker