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My video sketch "7 exercises", 2018, for the first time publicly from next Thursday (25.05) in a&o Kunsthalle in Leipzig, at the group exhibition "The Lobster Needs to Get Rid of Its Shell":![]()
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The exhibition will run until 05.08.2023
Save the date: „The lobster needs to get rid of its shell“ is in preparation! ![]()
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From 26.05.-05.08.2023 we will show in a new group exhibition actual works of eight internationally living and working female artists coming from Ukraine, Germany, Great Britain, Poland and Switzerland. All participants of the project, i.e. Kyra Tabea Balderer, Irma Blumstock, Ceal Floyer, Agnieszka Mastalerz, Ellen Möckel, Victoria Pidust, Valentina Pini and Milva Stutz work in the field of „Lens Based Media“. Using photography, video installation, printmaking and sculpture, the artists develop a visual-democratic microcosm at the a&o Kunsthalle that raises questions about global ![]()
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Within an installation created specifically for the space, works by digital native women artists are shown that conceive nature and culture as interwoven realities and make them visible in analog form. In the integrated works, boundaries of structures are dissolved, opening the space for possible symbioses and hybrids. In the construction of this interdisciplinary model space, the entities that have so far significantly defined us are transformed into moving narratives.![]()
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Among other things, the increasingly condensed field of tension between society, culture, and production is illuminated, and the friction resulting from this interconnectedness is brought into focus. In accordance to the exhibition‘s title, it is already time to step out of the familiar frames. ![]()
But it is not easy for the lobster to drop its shell if its environment is not sensitized to the strains it ![]()
undertakes for more mobility and sustainable growth. ![]()
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Be curious! - The opening will take place on 25.05.2023, 6 pm. ![]()
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More info about the exhibition will follow soon!
We are grateful to @woman.life.freedom.leipzig for giving us an opportunity to be a part of their initiative, and we are thankful for everyone who came during these ten days, who supported and who participated in discussions and expressed themselves. ![]()
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Here are some views from Finissage on April 1. More to come soon!![]()
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📸 by @brigita.kas
Exhibition views from @woman.life.freedom.leipzig ![]()
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Last two days to visit:![]()
🌱 Today 6:30pm talk and book reading about political prisoners in Iran.![]()
🌱 Tomorrow Finissage 4-8pm with program:![]()
6pm Live Persian traditional music by Siamak Moghaddam![]()
6:30pm Panel discussion about Collective Resistance in Woman* Life Freedom Movement with Shirin Assa & Kawe Fatehi & Mahsa Momayezi![]()
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About project:![]()
Since September 2022, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini has sparked protests around the world - including Germany. These protests with the motto WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM represent Iran's long quest for democracy, justice and human rights. The regime reacts to the nationwide mass protests in Iran with nothing but violence, terror and oppression.![]()
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Since Mahsa's death, women across the country have been at the forefront of the revolution. For months they have been protesting, staging sit-ins, burning their headscarves, cutting their hair, walking the streets without the obligatory hijab and dancing in public spaces. Even in the face of the most severe consequences for their protest, these young and courageous people have not allowed themselves to be silenced until today.![]()
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The initiators of "Woman* Life Freedom Leipzig" have invited Iranian artists, illustrators, graphic designers, photographers and activists from inside and outside of Iran to present their works and positions in this protest art intervention. The exhibition is being realised in cooperation with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
