Homeostasis (2025 - Present)

Every space pulls a different version of me to the surface. I find myself shifting, reading the room, and bending to match what surrounds me. Still, beneath those changes, there’s a quiet thread that stays the same, something I can sense but never fully see.

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