BITE: A Performance by Raheleh Filsoofi

Artist Raheleh Filsoofi returns to the Nasher Museum following her fall 2025 research visit to present a live performance of BITE, an ongoing ritual-based artwork exploring memory, migration, and the body’s relationship to land.

During her visit, Filsoofi gathered native clay from the Nasher Museum grounds, which she has transformed into ceramic plates specifically for this performance. BITE centers on the intimate and deliberate act of biting the clay plate—an imprint of presence, resistance, and reclamation. Through this gesture, Filsoofi engages the material histories of place and the embodied experience of marking, shaping, and being shaped by one’s environment. One of the plates from this performance will join the museum’s collection.

Following the performance, Filsoofi will give an artist talk in the Lecture Hall, expanding on her process, themes, and the significance of creating and using locally sourced clay within her practice. A brief reception will follow.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration for the artist talk is required.

Performance: 6:30 PM (Great Hall)
Artist Talk: 7:00 PM (Lecture Hall)
Reception to Follow