What spaces do I belong to?
What spaces belong to me?
The words “homeland” and “mother tongue” seem to suggest directions for finding answers to these questions. Seem? What?
Georgian NataliaVatsadze is a descendant of Pontic Greeks deported from one country to another during the era of building nation states. “Building a nation state” is still a reason for deportations, wars, political and forceful arguments. But what then belongs to us? Our memory? Like a swallow – a bodily memory of space in motion, navigation in which leads us to home. Traces and words about me-spaces, my sensations become navigation in motion. But then how do you answer the questions who am I and where am I?
Motions in Natalia’s artistic and activist practice produces traces, gestures, objects, things, documents of motions – these are not answers, but continuations of the search through exchange and active sharing with Others and attention to what is happening now. This process of exchange is very much in need of doubts and conversations, because it is a process of reformulating the questions above.
In the exhibition, works of bouillon members Teimuraz Kartlelishvili and Vladimer Lado Lhartishvili will be shown as a part of an installation.
2 – 5 September
Opening 2 September 19:00 / Panel discussion 5 September 19:00 (information below)
Halfsister
Torgauer Str. 1, 10829 Berlin (map)
5. September afternoon Panel Discussion at Halfsisters
The topic of the panel are the chances and challenges of artist and cultural workers who have to leave their countries for various reasons. What professional chances or risks do you face? How do you find the right network to support? Franziska Seifert will introduce her residence program, Anna Christoserdova will introduce CEC Artslink, Kostiantyn Doroschenko will introduce his work as an international operating curator in times of war, and Denis Eskov will talk about the problems of postcolonialism, Natalia Vtsadze will introduce her exhibition and describe the political situation that may affect many citizens of Georgia …
With Kostiantyn Doroschenko, Franziska Seifert, Anna Chistoserdova, Denis Eskov, others. Moderated by Wolf Guenter Thiel