Somehow, Elsewhere is a durational performance first created for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in May 2024, and later staged in locations such as hospital waiting rooms, public spaces, and office environments—each site reshaping the narrative of the work. At its core, the work consists of a group of individuals walking back and forth in front of a wall. This simple, repetitive action strips walking of its usual function and leaves it suspended in a repetitive loop without progression, allowing for physical and symbolic interpretations to emerge through its distortion. Over time, the repetition produces a behaviour that appears mechanised, robotic, and detached. The work questions new forms of alienation and reflects on how digital media and broader structural systems shape and control our behavior.

Joan Horrach (b. Spain) comes from a background in movement and choreography, working across video, text, drawing, and performance. His practice explores how the body can serve as a narrative tool and a medium for communication, examining how the body—placed within different spaces, positions, or under a long durational choreographic task—can shape meaning and perception.

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His performances emerge from a sculptural ambition rather than a performative one—shaping repetition, form, and composition to create images that function as metaphor, critique, and statement.