Erik Smith is an artist who studied comparative literature and art in the US and Italy and lives and works in Berlin. His site-based projects and other works have been presented in various venues internationally including ALL, Palermo (2024); the University of Porto, Academy of Fine Arts, Porto (2023); Galerie Stadtpark, Krems (2021); de Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam (2016); Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum (2012); SculptureCenter, NYC (2008). Smith is the recipient of various grants and fellowships including a Neustart Kultur grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds Berlin (2021), a project grant from Stadt findet Kunst, Berlin (2020), and was a guest of AIR – Artist in Residence Niederösterreich, Krems (2021). Smith’s first monograph, Substrata, was co-published in 2024 by permanent Verlag, Berlin, U. Porto–i2ADS, Porto, and Counterpath, Denver/New York, and kindly supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn. An earlier version of Pizzo Sella was published in fort da XXIX, no.1 (Spring 2023).