Hiwa K Screening
Friday, March 21, 2025, 6pm
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art
CCA’s Nave Presentation Space, 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco
Free admission
RSVP requested, but not required
KADIST and The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art are pleased to co-present a screening of KADIST collection artist Hiwa K. This is the third event in The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art’s season dedicated to thinking about our contemporary moment through the lens of Hiwa K’s work.
Works include:
• Hiwa K, Moon Calendar, 2007, 12:26 mins.
• Hiwa K, This Lemon Tastes of Apple, 2011, 13:26 mins.
• Hiwa K, Pre-Image (Blind as a Mother Tongue), 2017, 17:40 mins.
• Hiwa K, View from Above, 2017, 12:27 mins.
Over the past two decades, Hiwa K (b. 1975, Kurdistan, Iraq) has developed a practice and body of work that reflects on the geopolitical conditions of Kurdistan (a country existing within the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran) and the Kurdish diaspora at large. Privileging the collective over the singular, his artworks manifest through informal peer-to-peer studies and performative actions. Informed by anecdotes, gossip, jokes, family folklore, and stories, K’s work subverts dominant narratives and elevates the voices of those who experience exile and migration.
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts is a nonprofit exhibition venue and research institute dedicated to reflecting on this question through temporary exhibitions, public events, and in-depth research. It is part of California College of the Arts in San Francisco.