„Am 30. September 2021 tätowierte meine Mutter ein sog. Mom-Tattoo, daß sie selbst entworfen hatte, auf meinen linken Oberarm. Es stellt einen Wal dar, der eine Banderole trägt, auf der die Buchstaben M, O und M zu lesen sind. Dies fand vor Publikum im Brandenburgischen Kunstverein Potsdam statt.”
“On September 30, 2021, my mother applied a mom tattoo that she had designed herself onto my left upper arm. It shows a whale holding a banner with the letters M, O and M. This occurred during a public event at the Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, Germany.”
Dokumentation, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, 2021
How does bodily knowledge play into art-making and the creative process? With equal emphasis on experience and knowledge, the objective is to allow the participating scientists, health workers and artists to generate a deeper, transdisciplinary understanding of what some call the „Bodymind“. A three-day workshop combining discursive elements with participative and performative experiments in Copenhagen at Q.
Partially funded by Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse and the Nordic Culture
How does bodily knowledge play into art-making and the creative process? With equal emphasis on experience and knowledge, the objective is to allow the participating scientists, health workers and artists to generate a deeper, transdisciplinary understanding of what some call the „Bodymind“. A three-day workshop combining discursive elements with participative and performative experiments in Copenhagen at Q.
Partially funded by Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse and the Nordic Culture
Lydia Röder has been supporting people at the end of their lives for many many years. She is a certified course leader of the German Society for Palliative Medicine, offering palliative care courses, spiritual/existential care interprofessional courses and palliative practice seminars. Here she is demonstrating a singing
The Palliative Turn, Künstler*innenhaus Bremen, 09.07.-03.10.22
Carla Ahlander, Louise Ashcroft, Simon Blanck, Christoph Draeger, Kasia Fudakowski, Annemarie Goldschmidt, Teal Griffin, Harry Haddon, Ethan Hayes-Chute, Lars-Erik Hjertstrom-Lappalainen, Per Hüttner, Nina Katchadourian, Alex Kwartler, Karin Kytokangas, Keith Larson, Mathias Lempart, Datna Maimon, Marit Neeb, Laura Pientka, Sascia Reibel, John-Luke Roberts, Xavier Robles de Medina, Lydia Röder, Ruth Rubers, Maxwell Stephens, Jana Thiel, Olav Westphalen, Gernot Wieland
The Palliative Turn, Künstler*innenhaus Bremen, 09.07.-03.10.22
Carla Ahlander, Louise Ashcroft, Simon Blanck, Christoph Draeger, Kasia Fudakowski, Annemarie Goldschmidt, Teal Griffin, Harry Haddon, Ethan Hayes-Chute, Lars-Erik Hjertstrom-Lappalainen, Per Hüttner, Nina Katchadourian, Alex Kwartler, Karin Kytokangas, Keith Larson, Mathias Lempart, Datna Maimon, Marit Neeb, Laura Pientka, Sascia Reibel, John-Luke Roberts, Xavier Robles de Medina, Lydia Röder, Ruth Rubers, Maxwell Stephens, Jana Thiel, Olav Westphalen, Gernot Wieland
On January 13th 2023, Kasia Fudakowski represented the Association for the Palliative Turn (APT) at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts in Budapest, introducing the audience to The Palliative Turn, an approach questioning humanity’s impulse to control life and nature. Through thought exercises and an exploration of APT members‘ works, Fudakowski engaged attendees in a reflection on embracing limits and mortality. A video of the performance is available below.
In 2024 at the EndExpo at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau Nala Tessloff’s installation, Onesie, Freizeitanzug für bis zu sieben Personen, asked visitors to get into a Onesie. As she described it,“Once tried on, it might be difficult or even impossible to leave your position without outside help. It might feel cozy or uncomfortable to be so close to others. Your extremities might touch those of others. Maybe you’ll feel like a baby. Maybe you’ll fall asleep and never wake up again.“
