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20.02—01.03.2026

An imaginary archive of performative and scenographic explorations, developed through collaborative teaching and student practice at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India

Neither (Space 2 / Space 1) Neither (Space 2) Neither (Space 2: work by Vishwesh Mistry) Neither (Space 2: work by Vishwesh Mistry and Rhea John) Neither (Space 2) Neither (Space 2) Neither (Space 2) Neither (Space 2) Neither (Space 2) Neither (Space 2) Neither (Space 3: tent installation by Rhea John) Neither (Space 3: AG model by Vishwesh Mistry) Neither (Space 3) Neither (Space 3) Neither (Space 3) Neither (Space 4) Neither (Space 4) Neither (Space 4) Neither (Space 4) Neither (Space 4) Neither (Space 4) Neither (Space 4) Neither

Neither north south east west, stage nor space, reality nor illusion

From 2016 to 2025, Henny Dörr (former course leader HKU MA Scenography) and Vivek Sheth (exhibition designer and guest lecturer at the National Institute of Design) taught a three-week scenography course in Ahmedabad, India, to a cohort of approximately twelve students per year. The archive of work produced during this course, consisting of approximately 6000 documents, formed the impetus for a project that seeks to articulate the course’s pedagogical, artistic, and scenographic approaches through an exhibition.

The design for this exhibition, titled Neither, unfolds across four spaces at AG, organized around the themes of TIME, POLYVOCALITY, IMMERSION, and CITY. This concept is rooted in the foundations of ‘expanded scenography’, an art form that questions the distinction between reality and illusion, emphasizes non-duality, and engages in a performative practice focused on the non-human. Materials, textures, texts, bodies, sounds, photographs, and films have been selected from the archive as sources of inspiration and remembrance. Together, they offer a glimpse into a remarkable and fruitful international collaboration between art schools in Utrecht and Ahmedabad.

Neither is curated, designed and produced by
Henny Dörr and Vivek Sheth, in close collaboration with HKU MA Scenography alumni and artists Rhea John and Vishwesh Mistry, assisted by Robin Krijgsman and Goeleke Naaijkens.

Neither is a research project of the HKU professorship of Expanded Artistic Practices.

Exhibition
Friday 20.02 17.30 – 19.30h. (No Opening, just the Beginning)
21.02 – 01.03, Wed. – Sun. 13.00 – 18.00 h.