Christiane Peschek: Fever

The artist’s first solo in the UAE is a multisensory exhibition inspired by environmental and emotional desert landscapes, and more specifically “the consequences of global warming and the idea of planetary and bodily fever dreams”; or, as the gallery puts it, the exhibition “explores extreme emotional and physical states through the lens of the Internet’s impact on culture and environment … In a large-scale takeover of the two-story gallery, Fever blends sound, scent, heat, and visuals to create an experience that explores the inner space between heat-induced delirium, techno-shamanism – a movement combining technology, music, and spirituality – and fiction”. On the ground floor of the gallery, Peschek will showcase new portraits on silk created in dialogue with AI and sculptures developed through glass blowing and 3D printing techniques, while the mezzanine will be transformed into an immersive healing oracle installation.

Christiane Peschek features as the third cycle of the NIKA Project Space research programme, in line with the gallery’s desire to platform artistic discourse and experimentation. The two previous iterations had London-based artist Nika Neelova investigating the ancient marine life that once inhabited Sharjah’s Jebel Buhais archaeological site; and Katya Muromtseva interviewed women migrants in Dubai, whose profoundly personal stories formed the foundation of her solo show at the gallery during a month-long residency.

To 11 January.

Above: Christiane Peshek, from the series Transitions (2023): installation view