Aru

So We Broke into the Garden of god… Is a series of photos depicts two women eating fruit held up by one another’s mouths. The action played with both aggression and care speaks to the ways in which scarcity can create cooperation and conflict. The performers are handcuffed together, over a shopping cart full of trash. The works takes place in a church. The setting mixes the sacred with the common. What should be providing sustenance is limiting. The shopping cart an object of abundance is turned into an object of absence. These photos were shot as a reflection on my own fears of the cost of every meal eating away at the life I’m building for myself.

From The Cradle. Two Performers String dental floss between their mouths to create a Cat’s Cradle. Indianapolis Indiana. 2026

Got a show coming up with some talented artists. The show is a look at their more political work. As we answer in our different mediums the boundaries between the individual and society. If you are in Indy come out

Hey, so I launched my photo website last month and want to add my link to my rates out here. Aruhanger.com I'll be in indy for January and post that back in Berlin.

«Il presente testo contiene istruzioni per mettere in scena la performance e invita chi legge a giocare con la propria immaginazione. L’opera d’arte nasce dal dialogo tra le diverse azioni che, grazie alla loro prossimità, si ricontestualizzano a vicenda. Ogni azione è reale e simbolica. Il copione evoca immagini mentali e stimola il pubblico a sperimentarle in prima persona. [...]» Da Berlino per la sezione Ibridi: “Casa è dove giace il sogno” e “Dittico sul guardare”, due opere testuali/performative dell’artista multidisciplinare Aru (@aruhanger ). Traduzione dall’inglese e introduzione a cura di Sofia Cavazzoni (@sofinwonderland ). Fotografie di Dane Pollok (@danepollok ). ~ (...) Con i suoi testi Aru ha voluto creare uno spazio in cui lo spettatore si sente parte di un tutto e, per garantirgli l’accesso a questo piano, ha selezionato la modalità innovativa della meditazione guidata. Attraverso le sue parole, l’autore invita lo spettatore a vivere un’esperienza immersiva che gli permette di confrontarsi con la sua individualità più intima creando al contempo un forte legame con la performance; pertanto, se è vero che senza pubblico questa rappresentazione non può esistere, è altrettanto certo che la rappresentazione è il mezzo prescelto per attivare una riflessione e una trasformazione nel fruitore. Approcciarsi all’opera di Aru e ai testi che seguono significa aprirsi a un’arte che ci vede protagonisti tanto quanto il performer e che ci esorta, attraverso il metodo della pratica meditativa, a raggiungere nuove consapevolezze su chi siamo davvero, sulla nostra esistenza, sui sentimenti che ci invadono e sul mondo che ci circonda. – Sofia Cavazzoni, Introduzione alle opere; ~ ▶️ “Casa è dove giace il sogno” e “Dittico sul guardare” | Online al link in bio e su appesorivista.com . . . . . #ibridi #aru #sofiacavazzoni #danepollok #performance #arte #arteperformativa #performanceart #conceptualart #fotografia #scrittura #traduzione #appesorivista

IT’S OK TO PLAY WITH FIRE. This is my first ongoing photo series. I lead the subject through a candlelit meditation as a part of a photoshoot. The subject chooses the emotion beforehand, and I personalize a meditation on that emotion. The firelight constantly shifts what kind of photo can be taken as we explore the subjects memories, and relationships to their emotion have changed over time. For the first two sessions; Grief with @collinfarias and perseverance with @emb0wdn

FREER DAYS. A Performer Pops a Beer-filled Balloon with their Teeth. With @iheartlovecraft

Happy to shoot for @noexitper4mance for their upcoming show The Gathering, a haunted Halloween show at the Atheneum. Have so much respect for these artists in No Exit. At every step of my artistic journey I’ve thought about the time I had with No Exit in Highschool, and it’s helped guide me into the artist I am today. Getting hired to shoot for them felt really rewarding. If you are in Indy please check them out:)

. From the portrait class with @studioivonnethein with the dear @aruhanger ◇

SSP TONIGHT: Join us for an evening of multidisciplinary works and performances in multiple arts and media at LIMITED FREEDOM featuring: @mary.silentpartner Will Kirby @chanea_x @justenoughsalad @gregohnen @aruhanger plus a special appearance by @jesseforindy $10 / 21+ Bar open at 8pm Kitchen is closed tonight, sorry everyone

I’ll be showing Limited Freedom Thursday at 9pm @statestreetpubssp it’s a video I made @pas_berlin . I’m hosting a show on the theme of limitations to creativity where artists activists musician and poets will show their work on limitations. For more details check out my post of the flier. This video and the limited freedom video were both edited by @bandepart , performed by myself and @joey_gavin and directed by @allydrury

In this class, we will focus on building an outline for a workshop based on the heart of your art practice. You will learn to teach others the things that only you have discovered about art. We will reflect on your practice to figure out what drives you most as an artist, and use that as the material for the creation of an abstract and outline of a class. We will trace your influences, and use those as source texts for your class. We will explore the methods of teaching available in a workshop, and how best to approach the subject matter you choose. We will test out teaching one another. This class requires bravery. I am asking you to teach away the part of your art that you consider your voice — with the belief that in doing so, you will expand past your limits, ignite passion in others, and be recognized within your artistic community for your point of view. Please only take this class if you are open to letting go of the idea that your approach to art is unlearnable, and that your worth as an artist is limited to what you have found in the past. 6-8pm @pas_berlin sliding scale: 20-40 euro