entre quatro paredes — BLOG

It's finally out! It was an honor to contribute to Contemporary Arts Across Political Divides: Difficult Conversations.

Special thanks to editors, Tijen Tunali and Alla Myzelev and Cambridge Scholars Publishing for their support in bringing this project to life.

Seeing the paper Malak Yacout and I co-wrote, "Entre Quatro Paredes", included with the writings of these other brilliant minds is such a rush, as is using the soft power of art to open important conversations.

"Entre Quatro Paredes (Between Four Walls)" was written about the performance by the same name Atsuko Mochida, Malak Yacout, Martina Jakobi and I performed in Weimar, Germany in 2017.

You are also warmly invited to the webinar/book launch of Contemporary Arts Across Political Divides: Difficult Conversations, hosted online by Columbia University on September 24, 9 - 10 am New York time (EDT). Register for the webinar online here.

View the publication here.

above: concept illustration by atsuko mochida.

entre quatro paredes is a collaborative, guerilla performance in which walls transform themselves into rooms using the public spaces of weimar.

[scheduled interventions:]

fri, 14 july, 14:00 – 16:00
bauhaus-universität weimar [main building]

sat, 15 july, 17:30 – 19:30
locations announced via social media

find us on social media:
#entrequatroparedes2017

the living installation, entre quatro paredes, plays with intimacy, boundaries and borders by transporting itself through the public sphere by means of four interdisciplinary performers.

walls are no passive objects: as catalysts of change, walls actively reshape and restrict movement. acting as barriers, they can divide communities and isolate individuals, while also visibly and literally connecting strangers in intimate settings and serendipitous encounters.

simultaneously inclusive and excluding, occurring at a site and a “non-site,” entre quatro paredes transforms public spaces into immediate, private spaces within the context of four walls.

created and performed by kathryn gohmert, martina jacobi, atsuko mochida and malak yacout saleh.

image by martina jacobi and malak yacout saleh.

entre quatro paredes is part of summaery 2017, and is a satellite project of the exhibition, WITHINFOURWALLS.

more about martina jacobi
more about kathryn gohmert
more about atsuko mochida
more about malak yacout saleh

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