Video Works

MIGUEL

MIGUEL

Single channel video. 2005

01:15 min, stereo, non-dialogue

The video "Miguel" is part of the permanent collection in the video forum of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)

Miguel 2005 – Performing the Migrant Image

Miguel is part of a series of video performances in which Shahram Entekhabi explores the construction of migrant identities through a range of fictional male characters whose names begin with the letter “M”. Situated between performance, role play, and social observation, these figures reflect cultural projections associated with migration, masculinity, otherness, and belonging.

In Miguel, the artist embodies a character whose appearance evokes the image of a guerrilla fighter. Looking directly into the camera while laughing, smoking, and handling symbolic objects, the figure oscillates between menace, irony, and theatrical exaggeration. Rather than confirming stereotypes, the work exposes the mechanisms through which such images are produced and consumed, inviting viewers to reflect on their own expectations and perceptions.

Exhibitions & Screenings (selection)

2017: The Border Pavilion — curated by Raul Zamudio, an integral part of Jeanette Doyle's CF Project, Venice, Italy

2016: Inferno I, Galerie Pristine in Monterrey, Mexico

2016: Acts of Sedition, White Box, New York, USA

2015: drama baby! on staging the self, UNST Berlin, Kühlhaus Berlin, Germany

2015: FLUX Art Fair; curator Raul Zamudio presents Shahram Entekhabi — FLUX Art Fair, Harlem, New York

2012: Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei, pilot projekt, Düsseldorf Reisholz, Germany

2012: BODY SNATCHERS, curated by Raul Zamudio, WHITE BOX, New York, USA

2012: Identity II, Forming Identity, curated by Claudia Marion Stemberger, Fotogalleri wien , Vienna, Austria

2012: Frankenstein on the Beach, curated by Raul Zamudio, White Box NY, New York, USA

2012: Postpop, curated by Behrang Samadzadegan, Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2011: The Third Eye, Other Gallery Shanghai, China (catalogue)

2011: How To Philosophize with a Hammer, WHITE BOX, New York, USA

2009: Kunst und Öffentlichkeit. 40 Jahre Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany

2009: 10th Havana Biennial, 2009, Havana, Cuba

2009: MY FAVOURITE PASTIME, Artprojx Space | Artists Film Club, London, United Kingdom

2008: Emerging Discourse II: Performance and Mimicry, curated by Shaheen Merali, Bodhi Art, New YorK, USA

2008: Art is a man’s name, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany

2006: Something in Common, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany (solo exhibition)

2006: It’s been a long way, baby, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland (solo exhibition)

2006: Portraits - The View Behind the Make-up, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

2006: Auflösung III, (Realismusstudio)m Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin (catalogue)