Anahita Karimi

Between Reins and Teeth investigates the shared vulnerability of humans and animals through garments, living organisms, and sculptural installation. Challenging the illusion of human superiority, the project dissolves the boundaries between species and positions the body as a site of interdependence rather than control. Rather than presenting the human as separate from or dominant over the natural world, the work explores coexistence through relationships of dependence, care, exposure, and transformation.

Using horse-derived materials, reused equestrian objects, silk, leather, and live mealworms, the project allows living and non-living elements to exist in dialogue with one another. The garments become more than clothing,they function as bodies that carry traces of touch, labour, time, and decay, revealing transformation as an ongoing condition of life rather than a sign of deterioration.

Drawing on posthuman thought, Between Reins and Teeth questions the cultural hierarchies that place humans above other forms of life. Instead, it proposes vulnerability as a universal condition shared across species. Through fashion, installation, and material experimentation, the work invites viewers to reconsider their relationship with the more than human world not through dominance, but through empathy, responsibility, and recognition of our fundamental interconnectedness.