blah blah blah la la la i am gay i am damned you are doomed blah blah la la language lalanguage i am looking for a language la la la blah blah blah bar bar bar a barbarian language à la ah ah a long along a longing to be to be long to long to belong la la belonging to ta ta longing for blah blah babble babel babylon ba ba ba abba ab ba baba ab bah bah bar bar la la lalangue the tongue t t d d damn damned dom doom doomed our damnation is your doom la la blah blah haha

Join us on November Digbeth First Friday for a new performance by Ashkan Sepahvand presented as part of the group exhibition The Hole in the Whole curated by Harmanpreet Randhawa.

Content Disclaimer: This performance includes references to sex, sexuality, and some language and gestures that some viewers may find sensitive.

Ashkan Sepahvand is an artist, writer, and researcher. He was born in Tehran, grew up in Tulsa, and lives and works between Berlin and Oxford. His practice takes time. An interest in words and bodies shapes his inquiries. Projects take the form of publications, performances, and regular collaboration with friends. Together with Natascha Sadr Haghighian, they founded the institute for incongruous translation, an ongoing framework for their shared studies. He is one half of ssSssssssssss, a study-friendship with Virgil B/G Taylor. His current research considers the poetic and performative possibilities in translating the English word 'faggot' into Persian. He holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of Oxford.