Workshops for the Exhibition by Nasan Tur
How can I be political?
What difference can art make ?
How can I express myself through art?
How can I make a stand?
The solo exhibition of the contemporary artist Nasan Tur (*1974) at the Schwartzsche Villa in Berlin-Steglitz focused on the vulnerability of the instances of journalism and politics that are so important in democracy, on power structures, on self-responsible action and the necessity of becoming politically active. The internationally renowned artist Nasan Tur, who lives in Berlin, draws attention to important questions about forgetting, remembering, intimacy and representation with his new video productions.
In conversation and discussion rounds, activating body and performance exercises with the participants, we worked out what art can do for our democracy, how one can express oneself politically through art and what impact one's own actions can have on a society. The young people created their own video productions and sought answers to the questions: What do I have to say? What do I want? What is important to me? The video work concentrates on the gestures of the hands and anonymises the speakers through clothing, for example.
(Stills from the video works of the pupils)
time period: may 2019
Project management:: Maxi Böhme, Rebecca Raue
Implementation: Maxi Böhme, Rivka Dette, Michaela Englert, Ada Labahn, Rebecca Raue
Educational institution: Beethoven-Schule, Canisius Kolleg, General Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Partner: Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Schwartzsche Villa
