art in a time of migration
In the beginning was the word: – Almanya’ya means “to Germany”. (Background: Germany was the first and best/ (only) known European country name, when the first guest workers from Turkey went to Germany to work in the the late 1960ies) Thus it should be no surprize where the name for immigrant in Turkish derives from. […]
Den allersidste dans = The very last dance. Before moving to London I didnt pay much attention to my nostalgia for the Danish culture, my belonging there/to it/ feeling of being a bit outsiderish to the culture I grew up in. The culture of my schooling, the language I still 6 years away from Denmark […]
“Stereotyped” (A performance research fully in progress. Therefore this should not be seen as a finished work.) Two video-loops of a performance carried out in Aarhus 3 times. The title “Stereo-typed” is a remixed hybrid-born word, ‘stereotyping and the inbuilt wording ‘typing’ indicating. stereotyping is something that actively happens to you, while you are trying […]
“Kaert barn har mange navne” is a Danish saying meaning the one you have dear has many names. Used mainly for sarcastic situations; here too it is meant in a sarcastic manner. Migrants and their descendants have many names in Denmark; names, nick names and very derogative names. The series of work “Kaert barn har mange […]
“Eurocentric Gaze” Performance in wooden box, as part of Muslimah Arts and Voices Exhibition at Kvindemuseet in Aarhus in Denmark. Duration: 15 minutes. The unspoken gaze, that I felt on my body for years, that was classified as “me being too aggressive” by Danish friends. Telling me I was seeing ghosts. (Although I was […]