Also in 2015 Kultur Aktiv and many partners have implemented an extensive program of Transkaukazja. Again, among other places, we were on the move in Großhennersdorf and Zittau with Caucasian artists. More information can be found at http://transkaukazja.eu and http://www.kulturaktiv.org! Upcoming Transkaukazja actions are planned for the 2017.
During „depARTment walk“ at 2013/07/12 visitors and artists could see the presentation of land art objects as the results of a two-week residence of six artists from Caucasus and eight from Germany. The main focus lay on borders – how to experience, to challenge and open them up. Together we could gain inside in this scenically, culturally and historically amazing region.
At first the objects had been visited which are in walking distance to the monastery Marienthal near Ostritz. The participating artists invited approximately 250 guests, to see the artworks at their places. The guests could touch them and were invited to take part actively in performing situations. Later on guest could also see the artworks which are more far away from the monastery during a bus trip.
The participating artists have been Ana Riaboshenko (GE), Chingiz Babayev (AZ), Elene Rakviashvili (GE), Eva Harut (AM), Sabina Shikhlinskaya (AZ) and Mariam Mughdusyan (AM), as well as Dirk Fröhlich, Elena Pagel, Holger Wendland, Johanna und Michael Dobbelt, Matthias Jackisch, Matthias Schumann and Melissa Wagner (all DE).
„Border – Key – Neuropa“, curated by Holger Wendland, is part of the international project Transkaukazja with other actions like depARTment walks in seven further countries. This walk at the Neisse is “DepARTment walk IV”. More information: http://transkaukazja.eu!
The public final presentation of the land art objects, which have been created during “Border – Key – Neuropa”, will take place at Friday 12th July. Continue reading
Sabina Shikhlinskaya is a freelancer artist and independent curator; working in painting, video and photography. In Sabina’s opinion the term “gender” doesn’t exist in nature. In fact, it describes everything what is meant as typical for one of the both sexes in a society or in a culture. “In Azerbaijan the social possibilities for people are unequal”, the artist says. “For example the prevalent poverty, which is a reason for many people being not able to study or to get a good education. I think, gender roles and gender identity still exist in these social groups. Society is marked by clear male and female jobs: Women clean the streets and work as cleaning service. Men do work in the garden. This is a cliché offered by society.” Continue reading
We recorded the Concert to a yew by Dirk Fröhlich unplugged at 19. September 2013 live for Radio nEUROPA in Katholisch Hennersdorf / Henrykow. Suddenly the orange dwarfs, as sorbian lutkis, came out from the underground on the memory “Talk like a Pirate Day”
Suddenly the orange dwarfs appeared at the 19. September 2013 incognito as so called sorbian LUTKIS on the war memorial for the victory of Hans Joachim von Ziethen’s historical battle againts the outnumbers Saxonian troops in Catholic Hennersdorf 1745. Continue reading
Elene Rakviashvili is an artist working in multidiscipline contemporary art. She also has obtained a painters diploma.Since 2009 Elene has prepared several exhibitions dedicated to Gender subject ( Installation „GAME4ME“, the photo series and Video art „KEY“ 2010, series of Photo installations „OBJECTS THAT UNITE AND DISSOCIATE“ 2011, the short film „SYMBIOSIS“ 9’5’min. Continue reading
Eva Harut is a freelancer artist, curator, artistical pedagogue and journalist. Since 2011 Eva researches as artist and as journalist under the issue “Women metamorphosis”. Her target group are women with different age and social peer groups, as well from province as from the capital Yerevan. Continue reading
In 2013/06/28 in Johannstadthalle Dresden/DE the extraordinary trio of three female artists from Caucasus has presented under the title “Woman_looking from” its results of an artist in residence in Dresden/DE which took several weeks in the frame of the project Transkaukazja. The focus was on gender inequality in Germany and Europe and how they are manifested compared to the situation in their home countries in Caucasus. Here you can find photos from the opening event of the exhibition with Sabina Shikhlinskaya (AZ), Elene Rakviashvili (GE) and Eva Harut (AM), curated by Elena Pagel: Continue reading
as an in a mining and industrial scenic deforestation area grown up voice-audio-visual artist said himself “only … rid of the time, a ghost under ghosts that come.” Continue reading
The dwarfs have commited a memo to us:
In the year 1695 a Turk female has been baptized in the former village of Gießmannsdorf, which doesn’t exist anymore because of the daylight mining of Turów. Continue reading
“… want to build the golden bridge, who had it …”
former bridgehead Posada Photography in winter HW
Black granite from the hills of “Oberlausitz” (Upper Lusitia), cut in two halfs and polished, on both sides of the river in Marienthal and Posada in direction of the destroyed and not rebuilt bridge installed. Continue reading
The Event
The Event
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Detail “The hunter’s footmark”
Fire is an element of life, or an element of destruction.
Description: Huge electrical generating station (Turow, Poland) manufactures the energy from the nearby daylight mine coal in Bogatynia. Continue reading
Now in the frames of this projects, which is being held at the borders of Germany, Poland and Czech Republic, and also taking into consideration that my country is in isolated situation and Azerbaijan and Turkey have closed borders with Armenia, and also has no free way to Europe, I create project «Hochzeit» (EN: wedding). Continue reading
The Border exists everywhere. State supports boundary posts. Society is regulated by laws, therefore rules.
Censorship is a symbol of border. Continue reading
Location: Catholic Hennersdorf / Henrykow – Oldest tree of Germany untill 1945 / now of Poland
Date: 05.07.2013
Participants: Dirk Fröhlich, Holger Wendland Continue reading
In my project „trans_plant“ one square meter of meadow will be exchanged between the area of monastery Marienthal near Ostritz and the area of the Polish village Posada situated directly on the other side of the river. Continue reading
“The installation symbolizes the historical period of three countries – Germany, Poland and Czech Republic, when they were divided by physical borders. Historical relationships of these countries are so tightly connected, that any violent separation, seems as an absurd, as the doors installed in the unlimited field space.”
The old bridge of Giessmannsdorf, was build before Second World War, and after became a border between Germany and Poland. Concrete realigns destroyed by trobeld water in 2010, reminds human bodies. Continue reading
During this program I am creating a Tree of dreams. In Armenia you can find these trees especially near holy places. Continue reading
Due to common EU regulations and structures most EU countries have to use certain symbols and signs; on the roads, beside the roads and next to the roads. Continue reading
“I have installed the object of my land art project on the bank of Neisse river, where the borders of three countries – Germany, Poland and Chech are connected, forming a shape of triangle. Continue reading
BRIDGE 1 – values
Performance Continue reading
“I have chosen this location at the border of two countries Poland and Germany to install my construction which is about Identity. Continue reading
The place choosen by artist Chingiz Babaev from Azerbaijan is near the mill of Monastry Marienthal, very close to the Neisse river bank on the German side. Continue reading
Matthias Schumann already has dicovered his place during an excursion at 2013/07/03. Actually there are two places, because it’s about the transplantation exchange of two square meters of gras – one in Poland and one in Germany. Continue reading
With Sabina Shikhlinskaya, Elene Rakviashvili, Elena Pagel and coordinator Marcus Oertel to the border triangle, to Zittau, Oybin and back via Poland, 2013/07/02: Continue reading
