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Im Rücken die Alte Ordnung (He She They Walked) - Artist talk at Onassis AiR
On February 20 at 19:30, Natascha Sadr Haghighian will give a public talk about her artistic practice as part of the ongoing 2019/20 series of talks at #OnassisAiR focusing on artistic & curatorial research practices. The talk is presented within the context of 'Movement (1920-2020): Beyond and Between Borders' festival, curated by DETACH (Voltnoi Brege & QUETEMPO).
IMPORTANT: THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE SPACE IS 49 PEOPLE SO ATTENDANCE WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME / FIRST SERVED BASIS!
Having as a starting point her work “Ankersentrum (surviving in the ruinous ruin)” for the German Pavilion 2019 at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, also known as Natascha Süder Happelmann, invited by the Goethe-Institut Athen and Onassis Stegi, will give a talk about her art practice.
Haghighian’s mixed-media work deals mostly with issues of transparency and collectivity —often in collaboration with other artists and collectives. Large installations are connected with in-situ performances, publications and online contributions, thus forming an interspecific space for Haghighian’s artwork. The focus of this work is the “way”, i.e. how something is shaped and arranged. The title of Natascha Sadr Haghighian’s solo exhibition, currently presented at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, is “Im Rücken die Alte Ordnung (he she they walked)”, which focuses on forms of resistance and solidarity, while also developing “artistic protocols” of testimony.
Natascha Sadr Haghighian is an artist known for assuming multiple identities. Her official press releases and gallery biographies conflict on country of origin, date of birth, and place of residence. Haghighian was chosen to represent Germany at the 2019 Venice Biennale. She created the persona of Natascha Süder Happelmann for public aspects of the installation and wore a mask during the press conference announcing the nomination. As the artist's representative, Helene Duldung read a statement and answered questions on her behalf.
Learn more: https://www.onassis.org/people/natascha-sadr-haghighian
