I’m excited to share impressions from Garden of Entanglement, my first solo museum exhibition, which opened on June 5 at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.

The exhibition brings together three of my recent projects: Across the Ocean, Scent from Heaven, and Garden of Entanglement. Each of them explores a specific narrative — from personal and collective migration histories to spiritual and ecological entanglements — yet they are all interwoven by my ongoing inquiry into the connection between humans and nature, the embodiment of pain and trauma, and the complex ways in which technology can both preserve and distance memory.

This show also marks my first artistic exploration into biomaterials, particularly mycelium, in collaboration with the Department of Experimental and Digital Design and Construction at the University of Kassel. Through this partnership, I’ve been experimenting with living matter, chemical processes, and vibration systems to express the dualities of pain and healing, beauty and destruction, life and death.

I’m deeply grateful to the team at Foam: to curator Katy Hundertmark for her thoughtful vision, and to assistant curator Marie Goto for her dedicated support. Thank you for offering the space — three full rooms and a view into the garden — where the works could breathe and resonate.

Garden of Entanglement is on view until September 10, 2025.

If you’re in Amsterdam this summer, I would love for you to experience it.

Garden of Entanglement was made in collaboration with:

Wood structure and mycelium fabrication: Prof. Philipp Eversmann, Guido Brinkmann, Zoe Kaufmann – Experimental and Digital Design and Construction (EDEK), University of Kassel

Data collection: Andrea Giachetti – Department of civil and environmental engineering, University of Florence

Data analysis and Visual processing: Susanne Malheiros – HLRS, University of Stuttgart, Ulf Groote, Artemiy Vrubel

Motion system design: Daniel Pietschmann

Composing: Tam Thi Pham