Presented:
Group show: "I'm a plant. Natural processes in art ", Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, 11.7.-11.8.2015 Performance for Long Night of Museums 14.08.2015
Curated by Dr. Nicole Fritz

The performance installation "Crossing Wonderland" by Nezaket Ekici converts a dream into reality. The artist maintains a flowerbed fromed by real arms and hands stretched out ranging from a specially constructed round pedestal into the sky. Only the arms and hands of the helpers can be seen. Replacing flowers with real hands results in an absurd and almost surreal image which instinctively takes the viewer into a dream world. The performance installation represents a tilt image that automatically lets the viewer switch between reality and dream world back and forth. The performance unfolds its strength to the best in the entrance of the exhibition by announcing that the observer now enters into a world of art. The viewer exceeds almost imperceptibly the boundary between reality and fiction and enters the realm of art, which is free of all restrictions.
The artist fights against fatigue, falling pieces of hands and arms, again and again she tries to help the hands and arms to maintain. From time to time she waters the hands, sometimes she holds hands, sometimes she kisses etc.

White round box with holes, real grass, costumes, helper, watering, swimming, water, rope, cosmetic utensils (oils, brand arrows)

30 min

Performer: Nezaket Ekici, Eva Scans, Isabella Lucha, Anna Gugel, Paul Classen, Shirin Hepperle, Julian Strodel, Ronja Bentele
Thanks to Susanne Bentele
Sponsored by Reisch