In his artistic practice, Viron Erol Vert probes and analyses – against the background of his own intercultural experiences – identity constructs and different aspects and perspectives related to the self and the other. His works are shaped by the state and atmosphere of an in-between existence, with the artist weaving various cultures, materials, languages, forms of expression, and life views into a hybrid, complementary identity.

For Ruhr Ding: Schlaf, Viron Erol Vert is transforming a vacant kiosk into a sculpture resembling a mobile by expanding the original architecture through modules, and by creating, through forms, colours, textures, and reflections, a place for encounter, daydreams, and ephemeral moments between everyday life and imagination. In terms of both content and form, he is alluding to the original function and etymology of the kiosk, a word originating from the Persian kūšk (pavilion, garden house) which ultimately made its way into modern Turkish as köşk.

From July to December 2021, he was a resident artist in Mülheim at Makroscope – Zentrum für Kunst und Technik (Centre for Art and Technology) in the scope of Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr.