art in a time of migration
“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 […]
The Post-It video was an improvized/halfly planned video-performance (with a naive approach as the performer weighs her every little step.not totally aware of what she is doing yet or wat she wants to do. But she is obsessed with the veiled woman a certain orientalism catches the eye in the viewer..) where a whole year […]
“Alman-yaya”.. Serpil Kirel “Kulturel Calismalar ve Sinema” adli kitabinda Haydarpasa gari Istanbul’un Anadoluyla bulustugu an oluyormus. Ve bu gercegi/baglami Yesilcam filmlerinde simgesel olarak kullaniyorlarmis. Koyden gelen kentlilesme sureci Haydarpasa garinda baslarmis koylu icin dolayisiyla ilk kultur soklari ve “travmasi” orda gerceklesirmis. Ailenin ilk gocu buyukbabamin Ankara uzerinden Istanbul Haydarpasa’dan gecerek almancilik hayatina trenle ilk adimlarini […]
Hulya Ucar, born in Denmark of Turkish background, is a conceptual artist living and working in London since 2008. She spent a few years as a schoolteacher in Denmark before becoming a student herself again, receiving her MA in Fine Arts in 2009 and in Cultural Studies in 2012. Her works are to be found in the midst of an […]