art in a time of migration
Movie 15 Movie 16 ÆBLETRÆERNE I HAVEN: Æbletræerne i haven, de to store. Dogan, kan du huske hvor mange træer der var ude i haven? I familien Lilleørs hus, som farfar lejede af den gamle præst. Nu bor de vist på Falster eller noget i den dur. Jeg må også snart ha taget kontakt til […]
Although I do not wear the hijab someone, some unspoken silent gaze dresses me totally in black and wraps me up in a silent isolated scary hijab on every single train fare, many many times. I wear the hijab for you. Repeatedly beating me up, raping me from the outside and in. Shouting unspoken words […]
Tryyying to undress. This was back in june 2009. I havent done much about my cultural body shame since. Other than sending a small portfolio of these photos from the “ayip-series” for a few group exhibitions and then really forgetting about it as life was taking up too much of my time. Life (read: health!).
[FMP]http://artterrorist.co.uk/wp-content/images/2012/11/Movie-14.mov[/FMP] Part of the “Tryiiiing to become Turkish”-series. And for others who wants to practice their pronounciation of this word: http://www.seslisozluk.net/?word=teferruat The worst and funny part of this being that I have trouble pronouncing the word “pronounce” in Turkish. http://www.seslisozluk.net/?word=telaffuz
One of these days Im gonna invite people I know from around Copenhagen to come and join me for a traditional Danish x-mas “klippe-klistre-dag” for a few hours, just to decorate this fine x-mas tree that I have chosen to “occupy”. (Im not sure if we are allowed to do this, but I will ask […]