sweat variant: Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born

The exhibition by sweat variant (the collective practice of artists Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born) extends their celebrated multidisciplinary performance practice into the gallery space. This new installation work, co-commissioned by the Wex, is inspired by the physical research developed for adaku, part 2, which makes its world premiere at the Wex in October 2026. For their presentation in the galleries, Okpokwasili—a performer, choreographer, and writer—and Born—a designer, writer, and composer—create an immersive space that allows visitors to wander through a landscape of embodied memory. In this, the performers’ bodies transmit emotion and experience through movement.