https://darrenspirk.com/projects 2026-04-12T18:04:38+00:00 always 0.5 https://darrenspirk.com/writing 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2874728085994207871846131970863/Screenshot-2026-04-05-at-12.41.57PM.png at; the wayside: textual matters and re-matterings, artist’s book, 2025 [see excerpt] https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2874734648737006743272181740335/Screenshot-2026-04-05-at-12.47.52PM.png “at; the wayside,” University of Michigan, 2025 [see full text] https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2874748561677215504637620663087/Screenshot-2026-04-05-at-1.00.25PM.png “Urban space and politics of the everyday: thinking through and with the image in contemporary Cairo,” American University in Cairo, 2020 [see full text] https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2876169646433454175085281162031/Screenshot-2026-04-06-at-10.23.26AM.png at; the wayside: textual matters and re-matterings, artist’s book, 2025 [see excerpt] https://darrenspirk.com/moving 2026-04-12T19:00:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2873340491228048044794592113455/at; the wayside, documentation, 2025 <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">documentation of mixed media installation at; the wayside, 2025</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2873341560862503158842942567215/[Excerpt] this holds no legal value <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">part of mixed media installation this holds no legal value., 2024</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2873343984432633050951252980527/[Excerpt] )frottage( <a href=")frottage(" rel="history">part of mixed media installation )frottage(, 2023</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2873344930658370311882703123247/turning(s) a-way single channel video with stereo channel sound, 36 sec, played on loop, 2022 <a href="https://vimeo.com/855808784?fl=pl&fe=sh" target="_blank">[description in link]</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2874775641645089662849069364015/[Excerpt] trace(s), track(s) single channel video with stereo channel sound, 7 mins, 2022 <a href="https://vimeo.com/1180296684?fl=tl&fe=ec" target="_blank">[description in excerpt link]</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2874787060603946402756839355183/[Excerpt] XHide single channel video with stereo channel sound, 5 mins, 2020 <a href="https://vimeo.com/1180297811?fl=tl&fe=ec" target="_blank">[description in excerpt link]</a> https://darrenspirk.com/still 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2873323989287308538293583885103/copper-1-v-2.jpg <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">(or the cut is not quite a point)</a>, one of three abrasion holography etchings of photograms on copper, 36x24”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2873324585873458626134192698159/touching-as-the-unseen-3-prints-install-copy.jpg touching (as the) unseen, three cyanotype photograms, 30x26”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2873324741766892793053613404975/void-1-edit.jpg archival inkjet print, 50x40”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2873325498452334696619420693295/CAS-DEC-29.jpg photograph from <a href="moving" rel="history">turning(s) a-way</a>, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2873326468419031580415063765807/-1--Darren--37-of-37.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2873326939511981734809592935215/photo-3_wb-copy.jpg <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">untitled #3 [this holds no legal value.]</a>, archival inkjet print of photo performance on open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2873331193995247918885739442991/17-017.jpg archival inkjet print, 36x24”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2873331676894114280454381646639/text-2.jpg <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">(or points are just almost arcs)</a>, one of two abrasion holography etchings of poetry on steel, 48x24”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2873332004342268332872632382255/copper-2.jpg (<a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">or the cut is not quite a point)</a>, one of three abrasion holography etchings of photograms on copper, 36x24” https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2873333456617535767878212006703/-1--Darren--31-of-37-2.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2873336119331255831557149569839/-1--Darren--7-of-37.jpg archival inkjet print, 28x20”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2874604378808035642325275783983/text-detail.jpg detail view, <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">(or points are just almost arcs)</a>, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2874604627285678315192936051503/sculpture-copy.jpg <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">one a.m. on شارع عبدالمجيد الرمالي (or the three-body problem)</a>, sculpture of cut steel barriers and coat pocket made of copper wire, 8x2’, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2874604951118270529164114670383/small-sculpture-side-view.jpg <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">(or reverse viewfinder)</a>, sculpture of lens covering used for single channel video, placed over the camera strapped to M. Mohie’s hip, 5x2”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2874605661188790158465885025071/-1--Darren--19-of-37.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2874606191901617159089685017391/SpirkD_gaze-reflect.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2874606451244392091372271186735/frottage-3-of-4.jpg <a href=")frottage(" rel="history">untitled #3 [)frottage(]</a>, archival inkjet print, 36x24”, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2874606609572796476021352706863/frottage-2-of-4.jpeg <a href=")frottage(" rel="history">untitled #2 [)frottage(]</a>, archival inkjet print, 36x24”, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2874607002285531061223997059887/frottage-1-of-4.jpeg <a href=")frottage(" rel="history">untitled #1 [)frottage(]</a>, archival inkjet print, 36x24”, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2874607569873399465193190732591/frottage-4-of-4.jpeg <a href=")frottage(" rel="history">untitled #4 [)frottage(]</a>, archival inkjet print, 36x24”, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2874609684091631241192320545583/copper-3.jpg <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">(or the cut is not quite a point)</a>, one of three abrasion holography etchings of photograms on copper, 36x24”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2874609840003512152185450804015/copper-detail.jpg detail view, <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">(or the cut is not quite a point)</a>, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2874610227237563747496358327087/pocket-detail-2.jpg detail view, <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">one a.m. on شارع عبدالمجيد الرمالي (or the three-body problem)</a>, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2874610727070541168730368914223/-1--Darren--34-of-37.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2874613036215517571618330653487/splice-9-copy.jpg spliced photograph from <a href="moving" rel="history">turning(s) a-way</a>, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2874613537450447542454267163439/photo-detail-1_compressed.jpg detail view, <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">untitled #3 [this holds no legal value.]</a>, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2874613938205962543794276021039/Spirk-4-untitled-no.-4-this-holds-no-legal-value-50x45--2025.jpg <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">untitled #4 [this holds no legal value.]</a>, inkjet poem photocopy transferred on wall, with select words redacted in sharpie, 50x45”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2874614294892205953042166068015/Spirk-2-untitled-no.-2-this-holds-no-legal-value-40x30--2025.jpg <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">untitled #2 [this holds no legal value.]</a>, archival inkjet print of photo performance on open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2874614294781525488599908758319/Spirk-1-untitled-no.-1-this-holds-no-legal-value-40x30--2025.jpg <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">untitled #1 [this holds no legal value.]</a>, archival inkjet print of photo performance on open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2874643107027795376654221062959/-1--Darren--29-of-37-2.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36”, 2021 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2885813416465781602380600062767/absence-presence_untitled-9.jpg <a href="absence)(presence" rel="history">untitled #9 [absence)/(presence]</a>, framed archival inkjet print and English/Arabic text box, 36x24” and 36x3”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2885814092022443069771799343919/absence-presence_untitled-2.jpg <a href="absence)(presence" rel="history">untitled #2 [absence)/(presence]</a>, framed archival inkjet print and English/Arabic text box, 36x24” and 36x3”, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2885814312866863120222551290671/absence-presence_untitled-8.jpg <a href="absence)(presence" rel="history">untitled #8 [absence)/(presence]</a>, framed archival inkjet print and English/Arabic text box, 36x24” and 36x3”, 2022 https://darrenspirk.com/installation 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://darrenspirk.com/installation-1 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2872931284632397239934014468911/20230706-three-photos-and-poem-wide-2-copy-2.jpg this holds no legal value., 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2872931498079672916827236217647/thesis-install-full.jpg at; the wayside, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2872931667623697698291725120303/_DSC3417-Edit-copy.jpg )frottage(, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2885812259153951905990750778159/absence-presence-install_4-6.jpg absence)/(presence, 2022 https://darrenspirk.com/at;-the-wayside 2026-04-12T18:42:51+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2872970781694003222403361551151/thesis-install-full.jpg installation view, at; the wayside, mixed media installation, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2872971923990183242793635820335/thesis-install-full.jpg installation view, at; the wayside, mixed media installation, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2872994472367801741664053637935/at; the wayside, documentation, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2873218660905851594852065096495/copper-detail.jpg detail view, (or the cut is not quite a point), 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2873219309272012297595385295663/copper-1-v-2.jpg (or the cut is not quite a point), one of three abrasion holography etchings of photograms on copper, 36x24”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2873223197218473737062741193519/sculpture-copy.jpg one a.m. on شارع عبدالمجيد الرمالي (or the three-body problem), sculpture of cut steel barriers and coat pocket made of copper wire, 8x2’, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2873223465415685824725912138543/pocket-detail-2.jpg detail view, one a.m. on شارع عبدالمجيد الرمالي (or the three-body problem), 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2873223607123573798962687652655/sculpture-side-view-2.jpg side view, one a.m. on شارع عبدالمجيد الرمالي (or the three-body problem), 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2873223820165021106234299265839/text-1.jpg (or points are just almost arcs), one of two abrasion holography etchings of poetry on steel, 48x24”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2873224032855980276105429398319/text-2.jpg (or points are just almost arcs), one of two abrasion holography etchings of poetry on steel, 48x24”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2873224145823840983502723494703/text-detail.jpg detail view, (or points are just almost arcs), 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2873225122560492942349772010287/installation-view-2.jpg installation view, at; the wayside, mixed media installation, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2873225462773793893775032464175/installation-view-1.jpg installation view, at; the wayside, mixed media installation, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2873225676682238172510993003311/small-sculpture-side-view.jpg (or reverse viewfinder), sculpture of lens covering used for single channel video, placed over the camera strapped to M. Mohie’s hip, 5x2”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2873225764894568332990068831023/through-small-sculpture.jpg detail view, (or reverse viewfinder), 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2873225846539857603228544283439/video-detail-version-1.jpg (or phosphenes from the hip), 16mm single channel video featuring abstracted belly dancing performance by M. Mohie, projected onto unbleached muslin, 9 mins, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2873227346518405212847024386863/copper-2.jpg (or the cut is not quite a point), one of three abrasion holography etchings of photograms on copper, 36x24”, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2876443065070238878039649301295/corrosion-view---wire-vibration-copy.jpg (or the still moving), 2.1 channel sound of bass, breathing, murmuring heartbeats, metal, the coins of a bellydancing belt, rubbing on the mic, and vibrating copper wire, 9 mins, 2025 https://darrenspirk.com/this-holds-no-legal-value- 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2873013701456738361311463224111/poem-on-wall-w-redactions-and-projection.jpg installation view, this holds no legal value., mixed media installation, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2873022513134340979037498258223/[Excerpt] this holds no legal value https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2873258714782427442244227707695/20230706-three-photos.jpg three archival inkjet prints of photo performances on an open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2873259578920153575168173159215/Spirk-1-untitled-no.-1-this-holds-no-legal-value-40x30--2025.jpg untitled #1, archival inkjet print of photo performance on an open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2873259659772232850237137892143/Spirk-2-untitled-no.-2-this-holds-no-legal-value-40x30--2025.jpg untitled #2, archival inkjet print of photo performance on an open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2873259769788614505840903729967/Spirk-3-untitled-no.-3-this-holds-no-legal-value-40x30--2025.jpg untitled #3, archival inkjet print of photo performance on an open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2873260085061917469610850399023/Spirk-4-untitled-no.-4-this-holds-no-legal-value-50x45--2025.jpg untitled #4, inkjet poem written by the artist, photocopy transferred onto wall with select words redacted in sharpie, 50x45”, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2873261185982050532670600393519/text-detail-arabic.jpg detail view, untitled #4, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2873271736671110467143485371183/Spirk-5-untitled-no.-5-this-holds-no-legal-value-3mins--two-channels--played-on-loop-2025.jpg still from one of two channel video with stereo channel sound (projected on opposing walls of the installation), 3 mins, played on loop, 2024 <a href="https://vimeo.com/1081916391" target="_blank">[see excerpt]</a> https://darrenspirk.com/)frottage( 2026-04-12T18:42:51+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2873027492556202515825313723183/_DSC3417-Edit-copy.jpeg installation view, )frottage( , mixed media installation, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2873034546000840491999146029871/[Excerpt] )frottage( https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2873308908077904100754822017839/_DSC3412-Edit-copy.jpg installation view, )frottage(, mixed media installation, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2873309877122263780864987509551/_DSC3410-Edit-copy.jpg untitled #1 and #2, framed archival inkjet prints, 36x24”, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2873309876974689828275311096623/_DSC3410-Edit-2-copy.jpg untitled #3 and #4, framed archival inkjet prints, 36x24”, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2873312571084768305407905510191/Screenshot-2026-04-04-at-3.22.56PM.png still from single channel video with stereo channel sound (featuring poetry written by the artist), 4 mins, played on loop, 2023 <a href="https://vimeo.com/1081896270" target="_blank">[see excerpt]</a> https://darrenspirk.com/absence)(presence 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2885790776518525521615968023343/absence-presence-install_4-6.jpg absence)/(presence, installation of nine archival inkjet prints and English/Arabic text boxes, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2885791336709249552027631498031/absence-presence-install_1-3.jpg absence)/(presence, installation of nine archival inkjet prints and English/Arabic text boxes, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2885791856556944293236505588527/absence-presence-install-7-9.jpg absence)/(presence, installation of nine archival inkjet prints and English/Arabic text boxes, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2885803578300658259012855804719/absence-presence_untitled-1.jpg untitled #1, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2885803656090578017846034969391/absence-presence_untitled-2.jpg untitled #2, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2885803705472511903166504645423/absence-presence_untitled-3.jpg untitled #3, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2885803789239176741881578533679/absence-presence_untitled-4.jpg untitled #4, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2885803862638771411171884413743/absence-presence_untitled-5.jpg untitled #5, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2885803919344062693755046081327/absence-presence_untitled-6.jpg untitled #6, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2885804158856587746799864263471/absence-presence_untitled-7.jpg untitled #7, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2885804216650236929731889476399/absence-presence_untitled-8.jpg untitled #8, 2022 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2885804256126269247470329934639/absence-presence_untitled-9.jpg untitled #9, 2022 https://darrenspirk.com/about 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2871578587804057682160122344239/void-1-edit.jpg archival inkjet print, 50x40” https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2873351135405206944827484681007/-1--Darren--29-of-37-2.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36” https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2873353806272387889086044058415/void-1-edit.jpg archival inkjet print, 50x40” https://darrenspirk.com 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2871546994969373099422837650223/copper-1-v-2.jpg (or the cut is not quite a point), abrasion holography etching of photogram on copper, 36x24”, from <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">at; the wayside</a>, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2871547653296775601969315722031/20230706-three-photos-and-poem-wide-2-copy-2.jpg <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">this holds no legal value.</a>, mixed media installation, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2871548079490350680954796258095/frottage-3-of-4.jpg untitled, archival inkjet print, 28x20”, from <a href=")frottage(" rel="history">)frottage(</a>, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2873223607123573798962687652655/sculpture-side-view-2.jpg one a.m. on شارع عبدالمجيد الرمالي (or the three-body problem), sculpture of cut steel barriers and coat pocket made of copper wire, 8x2’, from <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">at; the wayside</a>, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2873225462773793893775032464175/installation-view-1.jpg <a href="at;-the-wayside" rel="history">at; the wayside</a>, mixed media installation, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2873308908077904100754822017839/_DSC3412-Edit-copy.jpg <a href=")frottage(" rel="history">)frottage(</a>, mixed media installation, 2023 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2873324585873458626134192698159/touching-as-the-unseen-3-prints-install-copy.jpg touching (as the) unseen, three cyanotype photograms, 30x26”, 2025 <a href="still" rel="history">[more still works]</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2874614294781525488599908758319/Spirk-1-untitled-no.-1-this-holds-no-legal-value-40x30--2025.jpg untitled #1, archival inkjet print of photo performance on an open scanner bed, face mounted on acrylic, 40x30”, from <a href="this-holds-no-legal-value-" rel="history">this holds no legal value.</a>, 2024 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2876701382353774614964425208623/-1--Darren--37-of-37.jpg archival inkjet print, 48x36”, 2022 <a href="still" rel="history">[more still works]</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2885842475234339291489360163631/absence-presence_untitled-4.jpg untitled #4, archival inkjet print and English/Arabic text box, 36x24” and 36x3”, from <a href="absence)(presence" rel="history">absence)/(presence</a> https://darrenspirk.com/top-nav 2026-04-12T18:42:26+00:00 always 0.5