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Meanwhile at
HyCP Veddel Space –
Derya Yildirim
Meanwhile: 2020 – The world closed all real paths of connection. What we live on and what we see as our core task is impossible due to COVID-19. As for so many artists, venues, and […]
Sheeshon Ka Maseeha – Amitabh Kumar
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – INDIA-WEEK 2019
PRÄSENTATION AM 01. NOVEMBER 2019, 19.00 UHR
Zusammen mit Schüler*innen der Schule auf der Veddel und mit interessierten Nachbarn thematisiert Amitabh Kumar “Kulturelle-Identität” als eine Spielart von sprachlichen Übersetzungen
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Hierzu bringt er das Gedicht “Sheeshon Ka Maseeha / The Messiah of Glass” des indischen Dichters Faiz Ahmed Faiz ins Gespräch und als als Grundlage seiner Auseinandersetzung mit dem Ort und den Menschen der Elbinsel Veddel.
" ... It’s pointless for you to hide
These chards inside your pocket
Chards of glass have no saviors
Who are you lingering on in hope for? ..."
Sheeshon Ka Maseeha / The Messiah of Glass” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
OPEN CALL/
Workshop with
AMITABH KUMAR/
HAMBURG INDIAWEEK 2019
Come and join our upcoming Workshop with
the artist Amitabh Kumar from Bengaluru, India – October 28 till 30-2019, HyCP VEDDEL SPACE, Sieldeich 36, 20539, Hamburg
NO CULTURAL
IDENTITY NEEDED
AMITABH KUMAR – ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – HAMBURG-INDIA-WEEK 2019
HyCP VEDDEL SPACE – OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 – EXHIBITION, WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC ARTIST DINNER, A COLLABORATION WITH HEIDI SALAVERRÍA, TORSTEN BRUCH, MICHAEL KRESS AND CHRISDIAN WITTENBURG
In everyday understanding “culture” as a term is often equated with identity.One’s own familiar identity, that which is not foreign, is being understood as a fixed canon representing universal values. If other cultures are being viewed from this fixed perspective, as a consequence they are being isolated as something alien.