FAMILIE SUMPFHAHN GEHT SCHLAFEN

FAMILY SUMPFHAHN GOES TO SLEEP
November 2009, Berlin, Kolonie Wedding, Galerie Sumpfhahn.
I did the last show in the gallery before Michael and Karin Pinter-Koschell had to close down the place.
This in-situ piece of work is dedicated to them.

Visitors play, photos by Karin Pinter-Koschell.
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LEBENSGESCHICHTE(N) – LIFE STORIE(S)

10 Artists – 10 ZEBRA Clients – 22 Years of Migration and Asylum Policy in Austria
Art project on the occasion of the 22 years anniversary of the Graz-based NGO ZEBRA
Exhibition: November 28, 2009 – February 13, 2010, < rotor >, Graz.

On the occasion of the 22 year anniversary 10 artists and 10 (former) ZEBRA clients have entered longer term communication. These encounters have brought forth new works of art which are related to the life stories of the migrants but also to the history of ZEBRA as an organization marked by issues such as integration, migration, racism and political violence – in short: 22 years of work for human rights in Austria. (Text: <rotor >, Zebra)

I worked with 21 year old hospital nurse Marcelina Massarico, originally from Angola.
These three sequential drawings/posters (70x100cm) were the result…

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