I STAY BEYOND THE BORDERS

Throughout *Das Ende ist nah*, Pooneh Mojtaba’s art installation *I stay beyond the borders* will be on display in the foyer of the TheaterArche. Taking the form of an iconic suitcase sculpture made from free Viennese newspapers, the installation explores the question of how identity changes through emigration – and what we take with us, leave behind or reshape along the way.

Pooneh Mojtaba is an Austrian-Iranian artist based in Vienna. She holds a diploma in Site-Specific Art from the University of Applied Arts Vienna and a BA in Theatre/Acting from the School of Performing Arts and Music at the University of Tehran.

Her passion lies in combining visual and performing arts to create new spaces for performers and audiences. Her artistic work explores themes such as identity, migration, experience, memories and nostalgia. She uses objects, sculptures, light, shadow and sound to tell stories in innovative ways. In doing so, she works with various materials such as wood, plaster, clay, concrete and latex-silicone. Language does not play a central role in her work. Rather, it is her stories and experiences as a human being – and, above all, as a woman – within society.