Exhibition at Depo Istanbul: 15 September – 28 October 2022
Mis(s)placed Women? Community Gathering: September 15–22
Live Events: September 20–22
Curated by: Arzu Yayıntaş and Tanja Ostojić
Depo Istanbul presents Mis(s)placed Women? by Tanja Ostojić, an exhibition that reflects upon a collaborative art project initiated by the artist in 2009. Consisting of performances, workshops, and an online platform, Mis(s)placed Women? includes contributions by over 170 individuals from six continents – Individuals who largely identify as women from diverse backgrounds.
“Holding the ‘Mis(s)placed Women?’/’Misplaced Wymyn‘/’Misplaced Human’ Sign”, performed by Sabbi Senior and Vanessa Ponte at Kadıköy Port, Mis(s)placed Women? workshop, Istanbul, (2021). Photo: Kayhan Kaygusuz. Copyright: Tanja Ostojić.
The project’s participants embody and enact some of everyday life’s activities that thematise displacement, and deal with issues of migration, gender equality, climate change, feminism, queerness, gentrification, inclusion, accessibility, power relations, and vulnerability, particularly as it relates to female and transgender bodies. While investigating privilege by distinguishing between working mobility, forced or desired migration, and how arbitrary laws apply to moving bodies, Mis(s)placed Women? also explores diverse public spaces and the invisibility of certain groups within them, using feminist emancipatory methodologies and artistic and community-building practices.
From the rich project archive, some of the most relevant contributions were selected by Arzu Yayıntaş and Tanja Ostojić to be displayed at Depo, as a two-floor multimedia installation consisting of photos, videos, and performance scores, along with signs, textile works, drawings of performances, artefacts, stories, and maps collected globally in the thirteen years of the project’s development. A part of the exhibition space has been arranged as a gathering place that invites the visitor to be an explorer and participant rather than just a viewer, while the six performance scores are there to be readapted and tried out. Exhibition reader in English and in Turkish, edited by Ostojić, can be collected in the venue and is as well available as a free download PDF.
Depo’s distinguished political profile and engagement with civil society makes it an ideal venue to host this socially engaged project interested in interweaving artistic and activist practices. The exhibition is a collateral event of the 17th Istanbul Biennial.
Exhibition Contributors:Teresa Albor, Nela Antonović, Gaby Bila-Günther aka LADY GABY, Dagmara Bilon, Mia Bradić, Ines Borovac, Tatiana Bogaceva, Amy Bryzgel, David Caines, Nati Canto, Paula Chambers, Hiuwai Chan, Anaïs Clercx, Azad Colemêrg, Camilla Conocchi, contactzone, Luciana Damiani, Jelena Dinić, Nazlı Durak, Kathryn Fischer aka Mad Kate, Dyana Gravina, Karen Kipphoff, Li Fu, Hieu Hanh Hoang Tran aka Hany Tea, Selma Hekim, Monika Janulevičiūtė, Elena Marchevska, Valentina Medda, Susan Merrick, Ashley McNaughton, Branko Milisković, Persefoni Myrtsou, Marta Nitecka Barche, Mahlet Ogbe Habte, Tanja Ostojić, Sigrid Pawelke, Vanessa Ponte, Darija S. Radaković, Rhea Ramjohn, Alejandra Robles Sosa, Bahar Seki, Sabbi Senior,Evdoxia Stafylaraki, Suncica Sido, Tan Tan, Mare Tralla, Tanya Ury, Katja Vaghi, Bojana Videkanić, Roberta Weissman Nagy, Anastasio William, Hyla Willis, Jiachen Xu, Arzu Yayıntaş, Gülhatun Yıldırım, Gizem Yılmaz aka Epifani, and Suzy van Zehlendorf, among others.
Mis(s)placed Women? workshop, Istanbul, a collective performance in a tea house, Mis Street (2021), with the participation of: Arzu Yayıntaş, Bahar Seki, Gülhatun Yıldırım, Gizem Yılmaz, Nazlı Durak, Persefoni Myrtsou, Vanessa Ponte, Sabbi Senior, Selma Hekim and Tanja Ostojić. Photo: Kayhan Kaygusuz. Copyright: Tanja Ostojić.
A sixty-eight minute documentary will also be on display at Depo, which follows the collective and individual performances and reflections of the participants in the “Mis(s)placed Women?” workshop which was realised (in collaboration with Performistanbul and Tarabya Cultural Academy) in Istanbul in September 2021. The workshop uses the principles of Art as Social Practice that both explores a variety of public spaces and the possibilities for temporary interventions within them, and empowers participants via a Master-class-like block seminar, a laboratory outside of an official educational institution.
As part of the exhibition, a public programme consisting of live discussions, performances, and an international community gathering of Mis(s)placed Women? participants will take place September 20-22, 2022 at Depo and across the city of Istanbul.
September 15, 6pm – Exhibition opening at Depo
Tuesday,September 20, 5pm – Guided tour with Tanja Ostojić in English
September 20, 6:30pm– Artist talks and Q&A with Tanja Ostojić, Arzu Yayıntaş, and the live events participants
Wednesday, September 21, 5-7pm Public performancesat Depo
Thursday, September 22 outdoor performances across the city 11am-4pm. Meeting point Galta Square 11am
Saturday, October 15, 4pm, Guided Tour with Arzu Yayıntaş in Turkish
Friday, October 21, 6pm, Guided Tour with Arzu Yayıntaş in Turkish
Last day of the exhibition Friday, October 28, 2022.
Live events with the participation of: Gaby Bila-Gunther aka LADY GABY, Dagmara Bilon, Selma Hekim, Kathryn Fischer aka Mad Kate, Susan Merrick, Tanja Ostojić, Vanessa Ponte, Hieu Hanh Hoang Tran akaHany Tea, Arzu Yayıntaş, Gülhatun Yıldırım, Gizem Yılmaz and Mürüvvet Türkyılmaz, among others.
ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Alumni-Fonds of the Tarabya Cultural Academy, FfAI – Foundation for Arts Initiatives, Depo Istanbul, Anadolukultur, Mis(s)placed Women? community, Performistanbul, Stiftung Kunstfonds and NEUSTART KULTUR.
We are pleased to announce the online exhibition of the “MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN?” project @Gandy gallery, Bratislava, with photos of performances by Dagmara Bilon and Tanja Ostojić
Please save a date and let us know if you can join us in September in Istanbul for the:
Mis(s)placed Women? Exhibition at DEPO: September 15 — October 30, 2022
Mis(s)placed Women? Live Events: September 20–22, 2022
Mis(s)placed Women? International Community Gathering: September 15 —22, 2022.
Mis(s)placed Women? workshop, Istanbul, a collective performance in a tea house, Mis Street (2021), with the participation of: Persefoni Myrtsou, Arzu Yayıntaş, Bahar Seki, Gülhatun Yıldırım, Gizem Yılmaz, Nazlı Durak, Vanessa Ponte, Sabbi Senior, Selma Hekim and Tanja Ostojić. Photo: Kayhan Kaygusuz. Copyright: Tanja Ostojić.
Mis(s)placed Women? is a collaborative art project that I started in 2009, consisting of performances, workshops and an online platform, including contributions by over 170 individuals from six continents—individuals who largely identify as women from diverse backgrounds. Within this project we embody and enact some of everyday-life’s activities that thematise displacement, dealing with migration issues, gender democracy, feminism, gentrification, inclusion, power relations, and vulnerability, particularly concerning female and transgender bodies—aspects that figured prominently in the past almost three decades of my art practice. On one hand, we are investigating privilege by making a distinction between working mobility, forced or desired migration, and how arbitrary laws may apply, and on the other hand, we are exploring diverse public spaces and the invisibility of certain groups within them, using feminist emancipatory methodologies of artistic and community-building practices.
Mis(s)placed Women? workshops use principles of Art as Social Practice that both explore a variety of public spaces and the possibilities for temporary interventions in them, and empower participants in a creative laboratory that develops and produces new collective and individual works. The processes that unfold within the workshops are precious, as are the moments of communication with the passers-by that we meet on the streets and the audience members in the venues where exhibitions and discussions take place.
This upcoming Mis(s)placed Women? Exhibition on 410 sqm in DEPO, one of the most relevant political cultural venues in the region, is an opportunity to reflect upon this long-term project together with artists and diverse social groups, particularly the feminist and queer scene in Istanbul, and to get more visibility for the project thanks to the Istanbul Biennale as its accompanying event.
From the rich project Archive, some of the most relevant contributions touching upon topics of accessibility, feminism, queerness, and displacement will be selected and displayed in a two floor multimedia installation consisting of photos, videos, and drawings of performances, along with signs, textile works, artefacts, performance scores, stories, and maps collected globally in the 13 years of the project’s development.
During the performance weekend, with guided tours and roundtables, some of the most active, local and international members of the Mis(s)placed Women? community will have the opportunity to meet, exchange ideas, and perform together. Therefor we are inviting everyone with whom we collaborated successfully in the past to attend, as this is a great opportunity for us to get in touch with each other and the vibrant art scene in Istanbul.
(Tanja Ostojić)
“Score #2: Holding the ‘Mis(s)placed Women?’ Sign”, performed by Sabbi Senior, Vanessa Ponte, Persefoni Myrtsou, and Gülhatun Yıldırım at Kadıköy Port, Mis(s)placed Women? workshop, Istanbul, (2021). Photo: Kayhan Kaygusuz. Copyright: Tanja Ostojić.
Mis(s)placed Women? Exhibition at DEPO, Istanbul, September 15 — October 30, 2022
Curated by: Arzu Yayıntaş and Tanja Ostojić
With the participation of: Teresa Albor, Gaby Bila-Günther aka LADY GABY, Dagmara Bilon, Mia Bradić, David Caines, Nati Canto, Hiuwai Chan, Azad Colemêrg, Luciana Damiani, Nazlı Durak, Kathryn Fischer aka Mad Kate, Li Fu, Hieu Hanh Hoang Tran, Selma Hekim, Monika Janulevičiūtė, Susan Merrick, Branko Milisković, Persefoni Myrtsou, Marta Nitecka Barche, Tanja Ostojić, Vanessa Ponte, Rhea Ramjohn, Alejandra Robles Sosa, Bahar Seki, Sabbi Senior, Evdoxia Stafylaraki, Tan Tan, Tanya Ury, Katja Vaghi, Hyla Willis, Arzu Yayıntaş, Gülhatun Yıldırım and Gizem Yılmaz, among others.
Live Events at DEPO and across the city of Istanbul: September 20–22, 2022
With the participation of: Gaby Bila-Günther aka LADY GABY, Dagmara Bilon, Nazlı Durak, Kathryn Fischer aka Mad Kate, Hieu Hanh Hoang Tran, Selma Hekim, Persefoni Myrtsou, Tanja Ostojić, Vanessa Ponte, Arzu Yayıntaş, Gülhatun Yıldırım and Gizem Yılmaz, among others.
Please let us know if you would like to come to Istanbul from September 15-22, 2022 to the Mis(s)placed Women?Exhibition at DEPO, International Community Gathering, and the live events. In case you think you could apply for funding (to cover your travel, accommodation, and further costs) where you are based, please let us know, so we can provide for you an official invitation letter and related information. Let us know if you are coming and how you envision your participation.
In case your performance-video or related text are not yet included in the Misplaced Women? Video channel and/or on the project blog, and if you would like them to be part of the Project Archive and future exhibitions, please send your contributions at your earliest convenience.
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Realisation in collaboration with wonderful local and international team working on the project’s implementation, including: Marina Papazyan, project coordinator at DEPO, Aya Labanieh, editorial assistant of the exhibition reader and english editor, Performistanbul and many others.
With the support of: MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN? COMMUNITY, Anadolu Kultur, DEPO Istanbul, Alumni-Fonds of the Cultural Academy Tarabya, IFA, Stiftung Kunstfonds, and NEUSTART KULTUR.
“What Makes Another World Possible?” (18.09–05.12.2021) curated by Corina Apostol looks at socially engaged art in the last decade and the role of art in social and political struggles. The exhibited works provide an overview of how art has been used as a tool for shaping society in the last decade.
The exhibition includes works by: Alina Bliumis, Zach Blas, Chto Delat?, Vala T. Foltyn, Núria Güell, Sandra Kosorotova, Kristina Norman, Daniela Ortiz, Tanja Ostojić, Lia Perjovschi, Dan Perjovschi, Dushko Petrovich, Urmas Viik and Ala Younis.
Corina L. Apostol, the curator of the exhibition, remarks that when compiling the exhibition she was guided by the belief that artists contribute to some of the most crucial debates of our times and that their voices are significant in shaping society and imagining how it could be different. “The work of the artists in this exhibition brings together the various facets of art, activism and global politics,” she says.
Corina L. Apostol is the co-author of Making Another World Possible (Routledge, Creative Time), which was published in 2019. Both the book and the exhibition examine ten global issues through the prism of socially engaged art projects, including: the militarisation of society, the proliferation of surveillance, entrenched economic inequalities, rising social movements, the displacement of peoples, cosmopolitics, anti-racism struggles, creative education in crisis, queerness and political expression, and new devices enabling political action.
“The global pandemic has only amplified many of these urgent issues, and interest in socially engaged art has grown: it has moved from the margins of the art world to being a central part of the discussion on contemporary art and politics,” Corina L. Apostol says.
Mis(s)placed Women? is an ongoing collaborative art project started in 2009, consisting of performances and performance art workshops, including contributions by over 170 individuals. Many of them are artists, mainly identifying themselves as women from diverse backgrounds. Within this project, we embody and enact some of everyday-life’s activities that thematize displacement, known to migrants, refugees, and the itinerant artists traveling the world to earn their living. Those performances deal with migration issues, power relations and vulnerability, particularly concerning the female and transgender bodies, an aspect that figured prominently in my art practice. With this project, on one side, we are investigating privilege by making a distinction between working mobility, forced or desired migration, and how arbitrary laws may apply, and on the other side, exploring diverse public spaces and the invisibility of certain groups within them. In the frame of this project, in which I apply feminist emancipatory methodologies of artistic and community practices, I conducted numerous workshops globally where the participants are selected by open call. Individual and group artworks and interventions are developed and produced in this frame. The development of collaboration within the group and forming of a community are very precious processes as well as the further communication with a wide audience that we meet on the streets, and targeted audiences in the venues where presentations, exhibitions and discussions take place. (T. Ostojić)
Tanja Ostojić is exhibiting photos, stories, videos, signs and performance scores from the very rich “MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN?” participatory art project archives in the form of a multimedia installation.
I am grateful to all the participants of the Misplaced Women? project (2009-21) for generous contributions to the project and very pleased that all texts and videos have been translated and are exhibited in three languages: English, Russian and Estonian, and that the Misplaced Women? Installation has been set up so well. Huge thanks to Corina Apostol for her non compromising curation and to the fantastic stuff of the Tallin Art Hall (TAH). – Tanja Ostojić
00.3. Tanja Ostojić: Misplaced Women? Sign, a photocopy on paper, 21 x 30 cm, 2019.
Videos:
Tanja Ostojić: Misplaced Women? Dedicated to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada, 60 minutes performance; performance video, 30 min 30 sec. Performed by Tanja Ostojić, on Sunday, October 16, 2016, in front of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, in the frame of 7a*11d international performance festival. Performance assistance: Eszter Jagica.
A Poetry Intervention by Nati Canto:One Art by Elizabeth Bishop, U-Bahn line U1, Misplaced Women? Workshop Berlin, 2018. Video & photo documentation: Alice Minervini, Sajan Mani, Jiachen Xu, Evdoxia Stafylaraki. Video documentation, 2 min 27 sec.
Misplaced Women?, delegated performance by Tanja Ostojić, Score 1/Unpacking a Bag of Your Own, performed by: Roberta Weissman Nagy, 21.11.2020, Muzil, Pula, Istria. Video 15 sec. Video-recording: Zoltan Nagy.
6. Marta Nitecka Barche & Tanja Ostojić: Misplaced Women? Banner
49,5 x 181,5 cm, 2016. Canvas, marker, embroidery. Used during the workshop in the public spaces in Torry neighbourhood in Aberdeen, organised as a part of the Aberdeen Festival of Politics 2016.
Photos:
6a. Kirsty Russell and Marta Nitecka Barche performing in front of the public library in Torry neighbourhood in Aberdeen, Misplaced Women? Workshop, Festival of Politics, 2016. Photo: Renée Slater.
7. Luciana Damiani: The Safe Circle, Misplaced Women? Workshop, Park am Nordbahnhof, Berlin, 2019. Photo: Tanja Ostojić.
8. Tan Tan: A Pink River, 60 min performance on “MISPLACED WOMEN?”: “Score 1 – Unpacking a Bag of Your Own”, March 8, 2018, Stadshal, Gent, Belgium, Duration: 1 hour. Photos: Okky Oki, Sara De Vuyst, Sallisa Rosa.
9. Li Fu: Doing Gender 8102.50.3*, University of Innsbruck, Misplaced Women? Project Workshop, Art in Public Space Tyrol, 2018. Photo: Daniel Jarosch. Copyright: Tanja Ostojić.
10. Rhea Ramjohn: Which colonial comfort would you like to consume today?, Misplaced Women? workshop, Tempelhoferfeld, Berlin, January 2018. Photo: Tanja Ostojić.
11. Dagmara Bilon: Misplaced Women? in the Olympic Park, London, in frame of Tanja Ostojić´s workshop, December, 2016. Photo: Aleksandar Utjesinovic.
21. Misplaced Women? interventions by LADY GABY, Berlin Weißensee, 23.1.2018. in the frame of Tanja Ostojić´s Misplaced Women? workshop, January 22–24, 2018, hosted by Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz and Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. Photo: Sajan Mani.
22 Bojana Videkanić holding the Misplaced Women? sign on the Pearson International Airport in Toronto, October, 2016, and diving into her profoundly touching memories about her initiation into the life of a refugee escaping Sarajevo siege in 1992 and her and her family life as refugees in the UK, Croatia and Canada. Photo: Tanja Ostojić
23. Misplaced Women? Workshop led by Tanja Ostojić in the frame of Telciu Summer School, Romania, 2018. Photo: Manuela Boatcă.
24. Missplaced Women? Performed by Anaïs Clercx at Préfecture d’Aix-en-Provence / Police headquarters, city of Aix-en-Provence, France on December 16, 2015, in the frame of “Missplaced Women?” workshop conducted by Tanja Ostojić. Photo: Tanja Ostojić.
25. Missplaced Women? performed by Tanja Ostojić at Goteborg tram station, September 4, 2015. in the frame of the LIVE ACTION 10, performance festival Goteborg. Photo: Xiao Lu.
26. Misplaced Women? Marking the City, Performed by: Pavana Reid, Mahlet Ogbe Habte, Gillian Carson, Kwestan Jamal Bawan and Karen Kipphoff, on November 2, 2011 on five locations across the city of Bergen that are particularly significant for migrants in the city: Main Train Station, Police Station, BIKS, Bergen International Art Center, Western Union Bank and in front of the Language School for Foreigners. Photos: Mariel Lødum and Karen Kipphoff. Produced by Kunsthall 3.14.
28. Branko Milisković: Misplaced Man?performance, Aberdeen Airport, UK, October 29, 2015. “Misplaced Man?” sign, and the photo by Amy Bryzgel.
29. Azad Colemêrg: Misplaced Women?performance intervention. Main train station Zurich, April 2019, Misplaced Women? workshop by Tanja Ostojić. Video-still: contact zone.
30. Misplaced Women? and The Tourist Suitcase, performance by Tanja Ostojić, May 11, 2018, 30 min performance at Hauptbahnhof/main train station, Innsbruck. Art in Public Space Tyrol, Photo: Daniel Jarosch.
31. Misplaced Women? and The Tourist Suitcase, performance by Tanja Ostojić, May 12, 2018, 60 min Performance by Tanja Ostojić at the Goldenes Dahl, Altstadt, Innsbruck. Art in Public Space Tyrol, Photo: Daniel Jarosch.
Tanja Ostojić: Misplaced Women?: One-Day-Long Intense Performance Art Workshop on Migration in the Public Spaces of Belgrade, Serbia October 29, 2015, (first published by Art as Social Action, Ed. G. Scholette, C. Bass, & Social Practice Queens, Allworth Press, New York, 2018
7-9 Eylül 2021 tarihleri arasında, Tanja Ostojić ile İstanbul’un çeşitli kamusal alanlarında gerçekleşecek 4 günlük performans sanatı atölyesi Mis(s)placed Women?, uluslararası performans sanatı platformu Performistanbul ve Tarabya Kültür Akademisi işbirliğiyle düzenleniyor. Atölye, 25 Eylül Cumartesi günü, Beykoz Kundura Sineması’nda gerçekleşecek halka açık sunum ile sona eriyor. Tarabya Kültür Akademisi’nde konuk edildiği süre kapsamında gerçekleştirdiği atölyede Ostojić, bireylerin yerinden edilme deneyimleri üzerinden Canlı Sanat pratikleri ile metodolojilerini araştırıyor. Başvuru için son tarih 31 Ağustos 2021.
Tanja Ostojić’in 2009 yılından bu yana devam eden Mis(s)placed Women? sanat projesi, uluslararası sanatçılarla farklı sosyal çevrelerden gelen kişilerin katkılarını da içeren performanslar, performans serileri, atölye çalışmaları ve temsili performanslardan oluşuyor. Bu proje kapsamında, geçici veya uzun süreli göçmenler, savaş ve doğal afet mültecileri ile queerler, evsizler… ve hayatlarını kazanmak için dünyayı dolaşan gezgin sanatçıların da çok iyi bildiği, yerinden edilmeyi konu alan bazı günlük yaşam faaliyetleri somutlaştırılıp hayata geçiriliyor. Bu performanslar, Ostojić’in geçmiş birçok çalışmasında öne çıkan nitelikteki, hareket hâlinde olma ve özellikle de kadın bedeni üzerinden göç temaları ile güç ve kırılganlık ilişkilerini incelemeyi sürdürüyor.
Misplaced Women? performance by Tanja Ostojić on the La Grand Escalier de la Gare du Saint Charles a Marseille, 2013. With the participation of: Jane Kay Park, Emma-Edvige Ungaro, Alix Denambride, Kim Mc Cafferty, Robyn Hambrook, Helen Averley, Patricia Verity and Tanja Ostojić, Préavis de Désordre Urbain, Marseille
Atölye, sürecin tamamına katılmayı kabul eden, tüm yaş, cinsiyet, köken, sosyal çevre gruplarından, deneyim seviyesi gözetmeksizin herkese açıktır. Göç, performans sanatı, kendini kadın olarak tanımlamanın beraberinde getirdiği koşullar, toplumsal cinsiyet temsilleri ile kamusal alanda sanat konularına ilgi duyanları özellikle davet ediyoruz. Katılımcılar, göç, marjinalleşme, yerinden edilme, maruz kalma ve ayrıcalıklı olma konularındaki deneyimlerini karşılıklı paylaşmaya ve Mis(s)placed Women? performanslarının bazılarını hayata geçirmeye davet ve teşvik ediliyor. Atölye ücretsiz olup, içecek, atıştırmalık ve yemek ikramı ile katılımcıların çalışmalarının profesyonel fotoğraf ve video dokümantasyonu sağlanacak. Sınırlı sayıda yer olması nedeniyle katılmak isteyenlerden başvuru yapmalarını önemle rica ediyoruz. (Başvuru bilgileri aşağıdadır.) Atölye İngilizce dilinde gerçekleşiyor. Katılımınız için herhangi bir özel gereksiniminiz olması durumunda, motivasyon mektubunuzda konuyu bizimle paylaşmanızı rica ederiz, örneğin işaret dili çevirisi vb. ihtiyaçlar için…
Atölye ve sunum sürecinde Koronavirüsün yayılmasını engellemek adına tüm hijyen önlemleri uygulanacaktır. Katılımcıların tümü kamusal alanlarda performans sergileme imkânına sahip olacak ve atölyenin çıktıları, dokümantasyon görüntülerinin de yer aldığı halka açık bir söyleşi formatında kamuoyuna sunulacak ve Misplaced Women? sanat projesinin proje blogu ile proje arşivine dâhil edilecek.
Program:
Atölye: 7-9 Eylül Salı, Çarşamba ve Perşembe. 11:00-17:00 arası (Molalar dâhil). İlk toplantı ve tanışma Performistanbul’un Galata’daki binasında, geri kalan atölye ve performanslar ise İstanbul’un çeşitli semtlerinde gerçekleşecek.
25 Eylül Cumartesi günü saat 17:30’da Beykoz Kundura Sinema’sında izleyicilerin de katılabileceği, atölye sunumları hakkında katılımcılarla söyleşi gerçekleştirilecek.
Başvurular için son tarih Salı günü, 31 Ağustos 2021.
Başvuranlara en geç 6 Eylül tarihine kadar bilgi verilecektir.
Atölye ve başvuru hakkında detaylı bilgileri aşağıda bulabilirsiniz:
Sanatçı ve Atölye Yürütücüsü Hakkında:
Tanja Ostojić 1972 yılında Yugoslavya’da dünyaya geldi. Disiplinlerarası çalışan performans sanatçısı. Uluslararası platformda kurumsal cinsiyet eleştirisi alanının öncülerinden olan sanatçı, toplumsal ve siyasal katılım temelli feminist sanat ve kamusal alanda sanat çalışmalarıyla tanınmaktadır. Sanatsal çalışmaları üst düzey teorik referanslar içermekte olup, çok sayıda kitap, dergi ve antolojide incelendi. The Guardian tarafından yakın zamanda Looking for a Husband with EU Passport (2000-05) çalışması ile 21. yüzyılın en iyi 25 sanatçısı arasına seçildi.
Ostojić, Sırbistan’da Belgrad Sanat Üniversitesi’nde Heykel, Fransa’da École Régionale des Beaux-Arts Nantes’ta Serbest Sanat öğrenimi gördü, Universität der Künste Berlin’de disiplinlerarası araştırmalar alanında Albert Einstein araştırma bursu kapsamında çalışmalarını sürdürdü (2012-14). Çeşitli bağışlar ve ödüller aldı; 1994’ten beri performansları ve sanat eserleri dünya çapında birçok önemli sanat mekanına ve festivale ulaştı. Eserleri önemli müze koleksiyonlarının bir parçasıdır, Avrupa ve Amerika çevresindeki akademik konferanslarda ve sanat üniversitelerinde konuşmalar, konferanslar, seminerler ve atölyeler vermiştir.
Tanja Ostojić Haziran ile Eylül 2021 tarihleri arasında Tarabya Kültür Akademisi konuk sanatçısı olarak İstanbul’da bulunuyor.
Atölye Hakkında:
Mis(s)placed Women? projesi, kamusal bir alanda bavul, poşet, el çantası ya da benzeri bir nesnenin içinin açılarak boşaltılmasını içerirken bu nesneler yoluyla geçici ve süreli göçmenlerin, evsizlerin, savaş ve doğal afet mültecilerinin günlük deneyimlerinde yaygın bir tema olan yerinden edilme hâlini temsil ediyor. Atölye, katılımcıları bu konularla ilişki kurdurarak, onları tartışmaya açmaya ve çeşitli kamusal alanlarda müdahalelerde bulunmaya teşvik etmeyi amaçlıyor.
Atölyenin ilk bölümü, bir araya gelme, bilgilendirme ve iletişim kurmayı içeriyor; bu sayede katılımcılar bireysel deneyimleri ile projenin amaçları hakkında birbirleriyle fikir alışverişinde bulunabiliyor.
İkinci bölüm sürecinde katılımcılar, İstanbul’un sokak, park ve istasyonlarında canlı performanslar ile müdahaleler gerçekleştirmeye teşvik edilip destekleniyor. Halka açık olan performanslarla atölye süreci, profesyonel fotoğraf ve video ekibi tarafından belgelenecek.
Atölyenin dördüncü gününde, Beykoz Kundura’nın Sinema’sında atölye çalışmalarından kesitler izleyicilere sunulacak. Atölyenin tüm katılımcıları sunuma ve sonrasında gerçekleşecek olan söyleşiye etkin olarak katılmaya davetlidir.
Atölyenin dokümantasyonu, notları, yazılı metinleri ile yansımaları Performistanbul tarafından toplandıktan sonra editlenmiş ve çevrilmiş hâliyleMis(s)placed Women? sitesinde yayınlanacak.
Nasıl başvurulur:
Atölye, sürecin tamamına katılmayı kabul eden, tüm yaş, cinsiyet, köken sosyal çevre gruplarından, deneyim seviyesi gözetmeksizin herkese açıktır. Katılımınız için özel gereksiniminiz olması durumunda, motivasyon mektubunda konuyu bildirmenizi rica ederiz.
Atölye ücretsiz olup, sınırlı sayıda yer olması nedeniyle ilgilenen kişilerin katılmak için başvuru yapmasını rica ediyoruz. Başvurmak için, başvuru formunu doldurabilir veya kısa motivasyon mektubunuz ile biyografinizi içeren metinleri misplacedwomen@performistanbul.org adresine gönderilebilir. Kişisel bilgilerinizle – eğer varsa – internet sitenizi de paylaştığınız bilgilere ekleyebilirsiniz.
Atölye Tarihleri:
Atölye: 7-9 Eylül Salı, Çarşamba ve Perşembe. İstanbul’un farklı semtlerinde 11:00-17:00 arası (Molalar dâhil).
Atölye sonuçları ve halka açık sunum: 25 Eylül Cumartesi, 17:30
Başvurular için son tarih Salı günü 31 Ağustos 2021.
Başvuranlara en geç 6 Eylül tarihine kadar bilgi verilecektir.
Open Call: Mis(s)placed Women? Ein Performance-Workshop im öffentlichen Raum Istanbuls von Tanja Ostojić
Open Call für die Teilnahme am 4-tägigen Performance-Kunst-Workshop Mis(s)placed Women? mit Tanja Ostojić, der vom 7. bis 9. September 2021 an verschiedenen öffentlichen Orten in Istanbul stattfinden wird. Der Workshop wird organisiert von der internationalen Performance-Kunst-Plattform Performistanbul in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kulturakademie Tarabya, gefolgt von einer öffentlichen Präsentation der Ergebnisse im Beykoz Kundura Cinema am Samstag, den 25. September. Der Workshop findet während Ostojićs Aufenthalt an der Kulturakademie Tarabya statt und erforscht Praktiken und Vorgehensweisen der Live Art in Zusammenhang mit individuellen Erfahrungen der Vertreibung im weitesten Sinne. Bewerbungsschluss ist Dienstag, der 31. August 2021.
Mis(s)placed Women? ist ein von Tanja Ostojić 2009 begonnenes Kunstprojekt, das aus Performances, Performance-Serien, Workshops und Performances von Künstler:innen aus aller Welt mit Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft verwirklicht wird. Im Rahmen dieses Projekts werden alltägliche Aktivitäten von Menschen die Vertreibung erlebt haben verkörpert und gezeigt VonMigrant:innen, Kriegs- und Katastrophenflüchtlinge, ebenso wie genderqueeren Menschen, Obdachlosen, Menschen auf der Durchreise… und die durch die Welt reisenden Künstler:innen, die so ihren Lebensunterhalt bestreitenDiePerformances setzen sich mit Themen der Migration und der Beziehungen von Macht und Verletzlichkeit hinsichtlich des bewegten und insbesondere des weiblichen Körpers auseinander, ein Aspekt, der bereits in zahlreichen früheren Arbeiten von Ostojić eine tragende Rolle spielte.
Teilnehmende jeder Herkunft, aller Altersgruppen, Genders und Erfahrungsgrade sind herzlich eingeladen sich zu bewerben. Wir möchten insbesondere diejenigen ermutigen teilzunehmen, die sich für Fragen der Migration, Performance-Kunst, Bedingungen für diejenigen, die sich als Frauen identifizieren, Darstellungen von Geschlecht und Kunst im öffentlichen Raum interessieren. Die Teilnehmenden sind eingeladen und dazu angehalten, Erfahrungen und Themen wie Migration, Marginalisierung, Vertreibung, Ausgesetztheit und Privilegien zu erörtern und auszutauschen sowie einige der Misplaced Women? Performances zu erarbeiten. Der Workshop ist kostenlos, für Erfrischungen und eine leichte Mahlzeit ist gesorgt, eine professionelle Foto- und Videodokumentation der Arbeiten der Teilnehmenden wird ebenfalls zur Verfügung gestellt. Da die Anzahl der Plätze begrenzt ist, bitten wir Sie, sich anzumelden. Der Workshop wird in englischer Sprache abgehalten; teilen Sie uns in Ihrem Motivationsschreiben bitte etwaige besondere Bedürfnisse mit, damit wir versuchen können, Übersetzungen für z. B. sehbehinderte Personen und Gebärdensprache für hörgeschädigte Teilnehmende etc. anzubieten.
Während des Workshops und der Präsentation werden alle erforderlichen Hygienemaßnahmen zum Schutz vor der Verbreitung des Coronavirus befolgt. Alle Teilnehmenden werden die Möglichkeit haben, im öffentlichen Raum zu performen, und die Ergebnisse werden der Öffentlichkeit in Form eines Publikumsgesprächs in Verbindung mit Bildmaterial präsentiert und in den Blog des Projekts Misplaced Women? sowie in das Projektarchiv aufgenommen.
Zeitplan:
Workshop: Dienstag, Mittwoch und Donnerstag, 7. bis 9. September. Von 11:00 bis 17:00 Uhr (einschließlich Pausen). Das erste Treffen und die Einführungssession finden im Gebäude von Performistanbul in Galata statt, der Rest des Workshops und die Performances werden in verschiedenen Vierteln Istanbuls durchgeführt.
Ein Gespräch über die Ergebnisse des Workshops mit den Teilnehmenden und der Öffentlichkeit findet am Samstag, den 25. September um 17:30 Uhr im Beykoz Kundura Cinema statt.
Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am Dienstag, den 31. August 2021.
Alle Bewerber:innen werden bis spätestens 6. September benachrichtigt.
Nachstehend finden Sie weitere Informationen über den Workshop und die Bewerbungsmodalitäten:
Über die Künstlerin und Workshopleiterin:
Tanja Ostojić (*1972) ist eine renommierte, in Berlin lebende, in Jugoslawien geborene Performance- und interdisziplinäre Künstlerin, die auch in den Bereichen Forschung und Bildung tätig ist. Sie ist international bekannt als Pionierin der institutionellen Geschlechterkritik und der sozial und politisch engagierten feministischen Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, insbesondere im Kontext von Migrations- und Genderfragen. Ihre Kunstwerke haben einen hohen theoretischen Referenzgrad und wurden in zahlreichen Büchern, Zeitschriften und Anthologien besprochen und veröffentlicht. Der British Guardian bezeichnete Ostojić kürzlich als eine der 25 besten Künstler des 21. Jahrhunderts und würdigte damit ihr Projekt “Looking for a Husband with EU Passport” (2000-05).
Ostojić studierte an der Universität der Künste Belgrad und der École Régionale des Beaux-Arts Nantes, während sie 2012-14 Stipendiatin an der Graduiertenschule für die Künste und Wissenschaften an der Universität der Künste Berlin war. Sie hat etliche Stipendien und Preise erhalten; ihre Performances und Ausstellungskunstwerke haben sie seit 1994 zu zahlreichen wichtigen Kunststätten und Festivals weltweit geführt. Ihre Werke sind Teil bedeutender Museumssammlungen, sie hat Vorträge, Vorlesungen, Seminare und Workshops auf wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen und an Kunsthochschulen in Europa sowie in Nord- und Südamerika gehalten.
Ostojić ist derzeit Stipendiatin der Kulturakademie Tarabya in Istanbul (Juni-September 2021).
Über den Workshop:
Das Projekt Mis(s)placed Women? beinhaltet das Auspacken eines Koffers, einer Plastiktüte, einer Handtasche oder eines ähnlichen Objekts im öffentlichen Raum, wobei diese Objekte für das Thema Vertreibung stehen, das in den alltäglichen Erfahrungen von Transitreisenden, Migrant:innen, Obdachlosen, Kriegs- und Katastrophenflüchtigen vorkommt. Der Workshop zielt darauf ab, die Teilnehmenden mit den Themen vertraut zu machen und Diskussionen und Interventionen in der Vielfalt des öffentlichen Raums anzuregen.
Der erste Teil des Workshops umfasst ein Kennenlernen, Informieren und Kommunizieren, wobei sich die Teilnehmenden über individuelle Erfahrungen und die Ziele des Projekts austauschen sollen.
Während des zweiten Teils werden die Teilnehmenden ermutigt und dabei unterstützt, Live-Performances und Interventionen in den Straßen, Parks und Bahnhöfen Istanbuls zu verwirklichen. Die öffentlichen Performances und der Workshopverlauf werden von einem professionellen Foto- und Videoteam dokumentiert.
Die Ergebnisse des Workshops werden zwei wochen später im Beykoz-Kundura Cinema der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Alle Teilnehmenden des Workshops sind herzlich eingeladen, sich aktiv an dieser Präsentation und der anschließenden Diskussion zu beteiligen.
Die Dokumentation, die Aufzeichnungen, die gesammelten Texte und die Reflexionen des Workshops werden von Performistanbul zusammengetragen und später bearbeitet, übersetzt und auf der Webseite des Projekts Mis(s)placed Women? veröffentlicht und werden Teil des Projektarchivs, das dem Publikum über Ausstellungen zugänglich gemacht wird.
Wie Sie sich bewerben können:
Wir bitten Teilnehmende zu gewährleisten, dass sie an allen Terminen des Workshops und der Dokumentation anwesend sein können. Wir freuen uns auch über Interessent:innen mit jeglicher Art von Beeinträchtigung. Bitte geben Sie in Ihrer Bewerbung etwaige besondere Anforderungen an.
Die Veranstaltung ist kostenlos, jedoch bitten wir interessierte Personen, sich zu bewerben, da die Anzahl der Plätze begrenzt ist. Bewerber:innen werden gebeten, dasBewerbungsformular auszufüllen oder eine E-Mail mit einem kurzen Abschnitt über ihre Motivation und ihren Lebenslauf an misplacedwomen@performistanbul.org zu senden. Gerne können Sie einen Link zu Ihrer persönlichen Homepage hinzufügen, falls vorhanden, sowie Angaben zu Ihren Kontaktdaten.
Termine des Workshops im Überblick:
Workshop: Dienstag bis Donnerstag, 7. bis 9. September. Von 11:00 bis 17:00 Uhr (inklusive Pausen) in verschiedenen Vierteln Istanbuls.
Besprechung der Ergebnisse des Workshops und öffentliche Präsentation: Samstag, 25. September, 17:30 Uhr
Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am Dienstag, den 31. August 2021.
Die Bewerber:innen werden bis spätestens 6. September benachrichtigt.
This is the Open Call for the participants in the Mis(s)placed Women? 4-days-long, free of charge, performance art workshop in the variety of public spaces in Istanbul, with Tanja Ostojić, September 7–9, 2021, organised by international performance art platform Performistanbul in collaboration with Tarabya Cultural Academy, followed by a public presentation in the Beykoz Kundura Cinema on Saturday, September 25. The workshop is taking place during Ostojić’s residency in Tarabya and is exploring Live Art practices and methodologies in relation to the individual experiences of displacement in the the broadersense. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
Mis(s)placed Women?is an art project by Tanja Ostojić that consists of performances, performance series, workshops and delegated performances, ongoing since 2009, including contributions by international artists and people from diverse backgrounds. Within this project we embody and enact some of everyday life’s activities that thematize displacement, as it is known to transients, migrants, war and disaster refugees, as well as gender queer, homeless, victims of family violence… and to the itinerant artists travelling the world to earn their living. Those performances continue themes of migration, and relations of power and vulnerability with regard to the mobile and in particular the female body, an aspect that figured prominently in numerous previous works of Ostojić.
Participants of all backgrounds, ages, genders and levels of experience that can commit to participate for the entire duration of the workshop are welcome. We particularly encourage those who are interested in issues of migration, performance art, conditions related to the ones identifying as women, representations of gender and art in the public realm. Participants are invited and encouraged to share and exchange experiences and issues of migration, marginalisation, displacement, exposure and privilege and to enact some of the Misplaced Women? Performance Scores… The workshop is free of charge, refreshments and a light meal will be provided, professional photo and video documentation of participants’ work will be provided as well, and due to limited numbers of places we ask you kindly to apply. Workshop will be held in English language; let us know in case you need translation or have any special needs so that we try to provide translation, for example, for visually impaired persons, or sign language for hearing impaired participants, etc…
During the workshop and the presentation all hygienic measures against the spread of Coronavirus will be respected. All participants will have an opportunity to perform in the public spaces, to write and exchange about it, and outcomes will be presented to the public in the form of a public talk along with visuals, and included on the Misplaced Women?project blog and the project’s archive.
Misplaced Women? performance by Tanja Ostojić on the La Grand Escalier de la Gare du Saint Charles a Marseille, 2013. With the participation of: Jane Kay Park, Emma-Edvige Ungaro, Alix Denambride, Kim Mc Cafferty, Robyn Hambrook, Helen Averley, Patricia Verity and Tanja Ostojić, Préavis de Désordre Urbain, Marseille
Timetable:
Workshop: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September 7-9. From 11:00 am—5:00 pm (including breaks ) The first meeting and introduction session will take place in Performistanbul’s building situated in Galata, the rest of the workshop and performances will take place in different neighbourhoods of Istanbul.
Talk about the workshop results with the participants & the public will take place on Saturday, September 25, 5:30 pm in Beykoz Kundura Cinema.
The deadline for application is Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
Applicants will be notified by September 6 at the latest.
About the artist and workshop leader:
Please find out more about the workshop and the application relevant details below:
Tanja Ostojić (*1972) is a renowned Berlin based, Yugoslavian born performance and interdisciplinary artist who also works in the fields of research and education. She is internationally known as a pioneer of institutional gender critique and socially and politically engaged feminist art in the public space, especially related to migration and gender issues. Her artworks have a high level of theoretical reference and have been analysed and included in numerous books, journals and anthologies. The British Guardian recently named Ostojić one of the 25 best artists of the 21st century for her project “Looking for a Husband with EU Passport” (2000-05).
Ostojić studied at the University of Arts Belgrade and the École Regionale des Beaux-Arts Nantes, while in 2012-14 she was a fellow at the Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences at the Berlin University of the Arts. She has received various grants and awards; her performances and exhibition art works have taken her since 1994 to numerous important art venues and festivals worldwide. Her works are part of important Museum collections, she has given talks, lectures, seminars and workshops at academic conferences and at art universities around Europe and in the Americas.
Ostojić is currently a fellow of the Tarabya Cultural Academy in Istanbul (June-September 2021).
The Mis(s)placed Women? project involves, for example, the unpacking of a suitcase, a plastic bag, a handbag or a similar object in a public sphere, whereby these objects come to stand for a displacement, as a theme that is common in everyday experiences of transients, migrants, homeless, war and disaster refugees and persons escaping home because of domestic violence. The workshop aims to familiarise the participants with the topics and to stimulate discussion and interventions in the variety of public spaces.
The first part of the workshop includes getting together, informing and communicating, whereby the participants shall exchange with each other about individual experiences and the aims of the project.
During the second part, the participants are encouraged and supported to enact live performances and interventions in the streets, parks and stations of Istanbul. Public performances and the workshop process will be documented by a professional photograph and video team.
The outcomes of the workshop will be presented to the public, two weeks later in the Beykoz Kundura Cinema. All participants of the workshop are invited to take active part in this presentation and the following discussion.
The documentation, notes, written texts and reflections from the workshop will be gathered by Performistanbul, and later edited, translated and published on the Mis(s)placed Women? project website, Misplaced Women? Video Channel and will be included in the Misplaced Women? Project Archive that is regularly exhibited and in such way accessible to the public.
How to apply:
Participants of all backgrounds and genders that can commit to participate for the entire duration of the workshop are welcome. We welcome people with any kind of special needs. Please specify any special requirements in your application. The event is free of charge, but due to limited numbers we ask interested people to apply before the end of August. Applicants are kindly asked to complete the application form or to send an email to misplacedwomen@performistanbul.org with one short motivational and biographical paragraph. You are welcome to add a link to your personal home page if you have one and your contact information.
This is an Announcement and the Open Call for the Members of the Misplaced Women? International Community & Project Participants (2009-2021)
Dear Misplaced Women? International Community,
Please let us know if you would like to come over to Belgrade from October 14-18, 2021 to the Misplaced Women? Community Gathering, and the related exhibitions and live events. In case you think you could apply for funding (to cover your travel, accommodation and per diems) where you are based, please let us know, so we could provide for you an official invitation letter and related information.
We will also organise online events for the participants that are not able to attend in person. So please let us know if you are one of those and how would you like to participate.
In case your performance-video or related text are not included in the Misplaced Women? Video channel and/or on the project blog, and if you would like them to be part of the Project Archive and future exhibitions please send your contributions soon.
In case you would like to be part of the Misplaced Women? Mailing List please let us know.
Mia Bradić: Misplaced Women? intervention , “Misplaced Women?” Workshop by Tanja Ostojić, Split, April 2021. Photo: T. Ostojić
Misplaced Women? BELGRADE, October 14-18, 2021:
– Belgrade Cultural Centre, Podroom gallery “Misplaced Women?” exhibition: VIDEO ARCHIVE, from October 14 until November 18, 2021.
– NGVU Belgrade “Misplaced Women?” exhibition: PHOTO, PAPER and TEXTILE ARCHIVE, from October 15 until November 18, 2021.
– CZKD Belgrade “Misplaced Women?” Community gathering & the performance weekend including performances, interventions in the public spaces, series of talks, round tables: October 15-17, 2021 (this is a fantastic intimate theater space and a contemporary art venue where I would like you very much to participate)
Curated by: Katarina Kostandinović, Dejan Vasić and Tanja Ostojić
Subject: Misplaced Women? Community gathering Belgrade
Subject: Misplaced Women? Archive
Subject: Misplaced Women? Video Channel
Subject: Misplaced Women? Mailing List
“Misplaced Women?” performance by Tanja Ostojić on the La Grand Escalier de la Gare du Saint Charles a Marseille, 2013. With the participation of: Jane Kay Park, Emma-Edvige Ungaro, Alix Denambride, Kim Mc Cafferty, Robyn Hambrook, Helen Averley, Patricia Verity and Tanja Ostojić, Préavis de Désordre Urbain, Marseille
Thank you very much and looking forward to our community gathering!
This is the Open Call for participants in the Misplaced Women? 3-day-long performance art workshop in the public space with Tanja Ostojić, April 6-8, 2021, with a public presentation in the Amphitheater, Dom Mladih, Split, hosted by Culture Hub Croatia.
Participants of all backgrounds, ages, genders and levels of experience that can commit to participate for the entire duration of the workshop are welcome, but we particularly encourage those who are interested in issues of migration, performance art, conditions related to the ones identifying as women, representations of gender and art in the public realm. Participants are invited and encouraged to share and exchange about experiences and issues of migration, marginalization, displacement, exposure and privilege and to enact some of the Misplaced Women? performance scores… The workshop is free of charge, warm drinks and snacks will be provided, professional photo documentation of participants’ work will be provided as well, and due to limited numbers of places we ask you kindly to apply. Workshop will be held in Serbo-Croatian language; in case it’s needed, we can integrate most of other languages, let us know in your application in case you have any special needs so that we provide translation for blind people, into sign language, etc.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
Timetable:
Workshop: Tuesday, April 6: 3:00 pm—4:30 pm, Wednesday, April 7: 11am-5pm and
Talk about the workshop results & public presentation: Thursday, April 8: 11–12:30pm
During the workshop and the presentation all hygienic measures against the spread of Coronavirus will be respected. Participants will all have an opportunity to perform in the public spaces, and outcomes will be presented to the public on the third day of the workshop at the Amphitheater, Dom Mladih, Ulica slobode 28, and included on the Misplaced Women? project blog.
This project, including the workshop and group and individual performances in the public spaces, have been chosen for realisation in the frame of the Voids2021 project, organized by Platform Culture Hub Croatia, supported by the Allianz Kulturstiftung, “Kultura nova” Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
Please read about the project and find out more about the workshop and application relevant details below:
“Misplaced Women?” performance by Tanja Ostojić on the La Grand Escalier de la Gare du Saint Charles a Marseille, 2013. With the participation of: Jane Kay Park, Emma-Edvige Ungaro, Alix Denambride, Kim Mc Cafferty, Robyn Hambrook, Helen Averley, Patricia Verity and Tanja Ostojić, Préavis de Désordre Urbain, Marseille
About the project:
Misplaced Women? is an art project by Tanja Ostojić that consists of performances, performance series, workshops and delegated performances, ongoing since 2009, including contributions by international artists and people from divers backgrounds. Within this project we embody and enact some of everyday life’s activities that thematise displacement, as it is known to transients, migrants, war and disaster refugees, as well as gender queer, homeless… and to the itinerant artists travelling the world to earn their living. Those performances deal with continuing themes of migration, and relations of power and vulnerability with regard to the mobile and in particular the female body, an aspect that figured prominently in numerous previous works of Ostojić.
About the workshop leader:
Tanja Ostojić (*1972) is a renowned Berlin and Belgrade based, Yugoslavian born performance and interdisciplinary artist whose artworks engage with feminism and migration politics. She includes herself as a character in performances and uses diverse media in her artistic researches, thereby examining social configurations and relations of power. She works predominantly from the migrant woman’s perspective, from within specific social contexts. The approaches of her work are defined by political positioning and the integration of recipients. Since 1994 she presented her work in numerous exhibitions, festivals and venues around the globe. She has given talks, lectures, seminars and workshops at academic conferences and at art universities around Europe and in the Americas.
About the workshop:
The “Misplaced Women?” project involves the unpacking of a suitcase, a plastic bag, a handbag or a similar object in a public sphere, whereby these objects come to stand for a displacement, as a theme that is common in everyday experiences of transients, migrants, homeless, war and disaster refugees. The workshop aims to familiarise the participants with the topics and to stimulate discussion and interventions in the variety of public spaces.
The first part of the workshop includes getting together, informing and communicating, whereby the participants shall exchange with each other about individual experiences and the aims of the project.
During the second part, the participants are encouraged and supported to enact live performances and interventions in the streets, parks and beaches of Split. Public performances will be documented by a professional photographer.
The outcomes of the workshop will be presented to the public on the third day in the Amphitheater, Dom mladih. All participants of the workshop are invited to take active part in this presentation and the following discussion.
The documentation, notes and reflections from the workshop will be gathered and edited by Culture Hub Croatia, and published on the Misplaced Women? project website.
Dates of the workshop:Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: April 6-8, 2021
The deadline for applications is Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
Who can apply:
Artists, students and participants of all backgrounds and genders that can commit to participate for the entire duration of the workshop are welcome. No particular language skills are required. We welcome people with any kind of “disabilities” and the ones who do not speak English or Croatian. Please specify any special requirements in your application.
The event is free of charge, but due to limited numbers we ask interested people to apply. Please send an email to info@culturehubcroatia.hr with the subject Misplaced Women?Split and write one short motivational and biographical paragraph. You are welcome to add a link to your personal home page if you have one and your contact information.
Otvoreni poziv za sudionice/ke na radionici performansa u javnom prostoru “Misplaced Women?” pod vodstvom Tanje Ostojić, u Splitu, od 6.-8. travnja 2021., uz prezentaciju u
Amfiteatru Doma mladih, u organizaciji Platforme Culture Hub Croatia
Ovo je otvoreni poziv za sudionice/ke na trodnevnoj umjetničkoj radionici performansa u javnom prostoru pod nazivom “Misplaced Women?” koju vodi Tanja Ostojić. Radionica će se održati od 6. do 8. travnja 2021., uz javnu prezentaciju u Amfiteatru Doma mladih, Ulica slobode 28, Split, Hrvatska, u organizaciji platforme Culture Hub Croatia.
Dobrodošle/i su sve/i sudionice/ci koje/i se mogu obvezati na sudjelovanje tijekom cijelog trajanja radionice, bez obzira na profil, dobnu skupinu, rod i razinu iskustva, ali posebno potičemo one koji su zainteresirani za pitanja migracija, izvedbenih umjetnosti, uvjeta povezanih sa svim osobama koji se identificiraju kao žene te predstavljanja roda i umjetnosti u javnoj sferi. Sudionice/ci su pozvane/i i ohrabrene/i da podijele i razmijene iskustva i probleme o temama kao što su migracije, raseljenja, izloženosti i privilegija te da pridonesu performansu “Misplaced Women?”. Radionica je besplatna, osigurat će se topli napitci i zakuska, kao i profesionalna foto dokumentacija rada sudionica/ka, a zbog ograničenog broja mjesta za sudjelovanje je potrebna prijava. Radionica će se održati na srpskohrvatskom jeziku; u slučaju da je potrebno, možemo uključiti i druge jezike. Molimo da napomenete u svojoj prijavi u slučaju da imate bilo kakvih posebnih potreba (primjerice, ukoliko je potrebno omogućiti prijevod gluhim i gluhoslijepim osobama na znakovni jezik itd.).
Rok za prijavu je srijeda, 24. ožujka, 2021.
Raspored:
Radionica: utorak, 6. travnja: 15:00—16:30h i srijeda, 7. travnja: 11-17h, i
Razgovor o rezultatima radionice &javna prezentacija: četvrtak, 8. travnja: 11–12:30h
Tijekom radionice i prezentacije poštivat će se sve aktualne mjere za suzbijanje širenja koronavirusa. Sve/i sudionice/ci imat će priliku nastupiti u javnim prostorima, a ishodi će biti predstavljeni javnosti trećeg dana radionice u Amfiteatru Doma mladih te uključeni u blog projekta “Misplaced Women?”.
Ovaj projekt, uključujući radionicu, grupne i pojedinačne izvedbe u javnim prostorima, odabran je za realizaciju u okviru programa Praznine2021 u organizaciji Platforme Culture Hub Croatia, a podržan je od strane Allianz Kulturstiftung, Zaklade “Kultura nova” i Ministarstva kulture i medija Republike Hrvatske.
Saznajte više o projektu te pronađite sve pojedinosti o radionici i prijavi u nastavku:
O projektu:
“Misplaced Women?”je umjetnički projekt Tanje Ostojić koji se sastoji od performansa, serija performansa, radionica i delegiranih performansa, a koji traje od 2009. godine, uključujući doprinose međunarodnih umjetnica i ljudi različitih profila. Unutar ovog projekta utjelovljujemo i izvodimo neke od svakodnevnih životnih aktivnosti koje tematiziraju raseljavanje, kao temu koja je poznata osobama s privremenim boravištem, migrantima, izbjeglicama iz područja pogođenima ratovima i prirodnim katastrofama, kao i queer osobama, beskućnicima… i umjetnicima nomadima koji putuju svijetom kako bi zaradili za život. Performansi se bave kontinuiranim temama migracija i odnosima moći i ranjivosti s obzirom na pokretno, posebice žensko tijelo, aspekt koji je istaknut u brojnim prethodnim radovima Tanje Ostojić.
O voditeljici radionice:
Tanja Ostojić (* 1972) je priznata umjetnica performansa i interdisciplinarna umjetnica rođena u Jugoslaviji, bazirana u Berlinu i Beogradu, s angažiranim umjetničkim djelima u feminizmu i migracijskoj politici. Uključuje se kao lik u performansima i koristi se raznim medijima u svojim umjetničkim istraživanjima, istražujući tako društvene konfiguracije i odnose moći. Djeluje pretežno iz perspektive žene migrantice, unutar specifičnog društvenog konteksta. Pristupi njenom radu definirani su političkim pozicioniranjem i integracijom recipijenta. Od 1994. godine predstavlja svoj rad na brojnim izložbama, festivalima i mjestima širom svijeta. Držala je predavanja, razgovore, seminare i radionice na akademskim konferencijama i na umjetničkim sveučilištima širom Europe i u Americi.
O radionici
Projekt “Misplaced Women?” uključuje raspakiranje kofera, plastične vrećice, torbice ili sličnog predmeta u javnoj sferi, pri čemu ovi predmeti predstavljaju raseljavanje, kao temu koja je česta u svakodnevnim iskustvima osoba s privremenim boravištem, migranata, beskućnika i izbjeglica iz područja pogođenih ratovima i katastrofama. Cilj radionice je upoznati sudionice/ke s temama i potaknuti raspravu i intervencije u raznim javnim prostorima.
Prvi dio radionice uključuje upoznavanje, informiranje i razgovor, pri čemu će sudionice/i međusobno razmjenjivati pojedinačna iskustva i definirati ciljeve projekta.
Tijekom drugog dijela, sudionice/i se potiču i podržavaju u izvođenju samostalnih i grupnih performansa i intervencija uživo na splitskim ulicama i u parkovima. Javne nastupe dokumentirat će profesionalni fotograf.
Ishodi radionice bit će diskutirani i predstavljeni javnosti trećeg dana u Amfiteatru Doma mladih (Ulica slobode 28). Sve/i sudionice/i radionice pozvane/i su da aktivno sudjeluju u ovoj prezentaciji i razgovoru koji će uslijediti.
Dokumentaciju, bilješke i razmišljanja s radionice prikupit će i urediti Culture Hub Croatia te objaviti na web stranici projekta “Misplaced Women?”.
Datumi radionice: utorak, srijeda i četvrtak (6. – 8. travnja 2021.)
Rok za prijavu za sudjelovanje na radionici: srijeda, 24. ožujka 2021.
Tko se može prijaviti:
Dobrodošli su umjetnice/i, studenti/ce i sudionici/e bez obzira na profil i rod, a koji/e se mogu obvezati sudjelovati tijekom cijelog trajanja radionice. Nisu potrebne posebne jezične vještine. Pozdravljamo prijave osoba s invaliditetom, kao i onih koji ne govore engleski ili hrvatski jezik. Navedite sve posebne zahtjeve u svojoj prijavi.
Sudjelovanje na radionici je besplatno, ali zbog ograničenog broja molimo zainteresirane da se prijave. Molimo pošaljite e-mail na info@culturehubcroatia.hr, naslovljen “Misplaced Women? Split”. Prijava treba sadržavati kratki motivacijski i biografski odlomak. Pozivamo vas da dodate poveznicu na svoju osobnu internetsku stranicu ukoliko je imate, kao i svoje kontakt podatke.
“Misplaced Women?” performed by Tanja Ostojić, dedicated to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada, in front of the Art Gallery of Ontario, 7a*11d 2016, Toronto, Canada, video-clip / Performance review
Teresa Albor’s contribution to the, “Misplaced Women?” Workshop London, December 13, 2016. Performance Review / video
Cherry Truluck´s video contribution to the “Misplaced Women?”, Workshop in LADA London, 2016. More info at: info
Tanya Ury:Fury video Fury is a delegated performance video (2:05 hours/ short version 16 minutes), as part of Tanja Ostojic’s project Misplaced Women?, about the loss of the Ury/Unger family archive with the collapse of the Historical Archives in Cologne, on 3rd March 2009, and, filmed on 3rd October, German Re-unification Day, on the twentieth anniversary of re-unification.
“Misplaced Women?”, delegated performance by Tanja Ostojić, “Score 1/ Unpacking a Bag of Your Own”, Performed by: Roberta Weissman Nagy, 21.11.2020, at Muzil (fenced out former military zone), Pula, Istria, Croatia. short video
“Misplaced in Europe?”, on precarity, intimidation and illegality
Luciana Damiani came from Uruguay in order to contribute to the “Misplaced Women?” Project in Berlin. We are calling spontaneously for Berlin Misplaced Women? international community, and beyond to join us for exchange & performance(es) this Friday, September 13, at noon at the Park am Nordbahnhof. We are meeting at 12h at the main entrance of the Park, from Julie-Wolfthorn-Straße, 10115 Berlin.
I would like to use this opportunity to share Luciana’s performance announcement:
My name is Luciana Damiani, I am a visual artist and I come from Uruguay. As a Latin American migrant woman I know the fear of borders, fear of rejection and expulsion. Walking across that border is already part of my life and my artistic work. Why should I ask for a permission to exist? Being a migrant is a human condition that places us in a place of great vulnerability, so we must share it, to resist and to know that we are not alone. I am grateful for this opportunity to collaborate on the “Misplaced Woman?” project with Tanja Ostojić.
You are welcome to find out more about my work on my website.
Mi nombre es Luciana Damiani, soy artista visual y vengo desde Uruguay para colaborar en el proyecto “Misplaced Woman?” de Tanja Ostojić. Como mujer migrante latinamericana conozco el miedo a las fronteras, miedo al rechazo y a la expulsón. Caminar a través de esa frontera ya es parte de mi vida y de mi trabajo artístico. Por qué debo pedir permiso para ser? Ser migrante es una condición humanda que nos coloca en un lugar de mucha vulnerabilidad, por eso debemos compartirlo, para resistir y para saber que no estamos solxs.
Están invitadxs a conocer más sobre mi trabajo en mi sitio web
Mis(s)placed Women? (2009-2022) is an ongoing art project by Tanja Ostojić, Berlin based internationally renowned performance and interdisciplinary artist of Yugoslav origin. Mis(s)placed Women?, is a collaborative art project, ongoing since 2009, consisting of performances, performance series, performance art workshops and delegated performances, including contributions by over 170 individuals from six continents. ... Continue reading →
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