A Cube (The Self) (2025)

In each place, a different face appears. The self bends toward its surroundings, taking shape through reflection. Between what is shown and what is felt, something constant waits, quiet and almost invisible.

Two forms emerged from this thought: a face and a cube. The face, cast in plaster, reflects six identities, each photographed in a different environment that asks me to code-switch, to adjust in order to belong, while the cube, built from maple wood, represents the pure self, the form that holds all these shifting identities together.

Together, the two objects form a dialogue between stability and transformation. The work asks whether the self can ever exist as a single form, or if identity only takes shape through the act of changing.

Self-produced, 2025
Photographs and concept: Hamzeh Zahran
Object design and fabrication: Hamzeh Zahran
Handmade maple wood cube
6 × 6 × 6 inches
Each side features a 6x6 inch black and white photograph