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INFO
It’s show time!!
Untitled
Lines to see not to cross
Forbidden fruit
Hand games
Whispers
Blue
Invasion of personal space
Maps 

Sherif Sherif (*1995 in Cairo, Egypt) lives and works between Paris and Switzerland. After studying filmmaking, he completed a Master’s degree in Visual Arts at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). His work unfolds through sculpture, video, photography, and installation, and navigates themes such as identity, desire, and migration. Formally, his practice appropriates elements from public space—such as surveillance cameras, anti-bird spikes, and urban electrical terminals—which are often custom-reproduced to represent bodies that are controlled, displaced, and surveilled. Through the use of Plexiglas, red lighting, and 3D printing, Sherif constructs environments in which overflow and irregularity are rendered suspect. These materials become metaphors for the regulation of bodies and desires, questioning dominant societal norms and their violence toward racialised identities.


CV

Education
2014-2017  BA Media Arts MSA Cairo, Egypt
2019-2020  Filmmaking diploma ESRA Paris, France
2022-2024  MA Fine Arts ECAL Lausanne, Switzerland 

Solo Show
Whispers, curated by Adele Anstett, Carbone 17, Aubervilliers, FR

Group Shows
2025  Plattform25, CAN Centre D’art Neuchatel, Neuchatel, CH
2024  Exit-formalities, 45 Cantonale, Lausanne, CH
2024  Almost as You Want Me, Presented by European Art Ensemble, Sébeillon, Lausanne, CH
2023  They, curated by Stéphanie Moisdon, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
2023  Wishing Well, workshop by Renaud Jerez, Sébeillon, Lausanne, CH

Grants and Prizes
2025  Nominated for Helvetia Art Prize in Switzerland
2020  Development fund from société Civile des Producieurs de Cinéma et de Télévision Paris


sherifxsp@gmail.com
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01It’s Show Time!!!!, 2025








CAN - Centre d'art Neuchâtel
Plattform 25

Photos: Sebastian Verdon

Sculpture: Plexiglass, car cooling fans, fabric, LED red light.
Video: 2-channel filmed performance of 2 mins on loop.
Technical: 3 motors, development board, and Wi-Fi receivers

120x90x40 cm


It’s showtime!!! is a two-channel video and sculptural installation that explores the emotional and psychological states of displacement through the concept of liminal space. At its center is a miniature plexiglass theater, fitted with red stage curtains and two car cooling fans. A synchronized motor links the fans to the video projections. Every few minutes, on a randomized cycle, the fans suddenly activate—producing a loud, noisy sound and causing the curtain to billow. This sensory disruption signals the start of the performance: the video projections appear across two locations in the space, revealing a ghost-like figure locked in repetitive, ambiguous gestures.

The fragmented rhythm, unpredictable operating cycle, sonic discomfort, and spatial disorientation are imposed on viewers as they move through the installation, echoing the instability, waiting, and uncertainty central to the experience of displacement. The work transforms this in-between state into a shared, embodied experience.