Live Performance_ Ongoing project since 2019 - In my studio Berlin

In “Guestbook - Kaffee Klatsch”, Nezaket Ekici transforms her studio into a place of friendship and congregation. Set up next to her atelier’s window, a small white table and stools decorate the space. Over the course of many weeks, friends of Ekici come and visit her; they sit and chat about life, art, and personal experience. The ‘guestbook’ traditionally serves as a catalogue of past visitors. However, for the artist, Nezaket Ekici, it is less about documentation and more about appreciation. She sees the people who enter her studio not simply as names on a page, but as presences to be perceived and honored. Her focus lies in the evanescence of the moment—capturing a slice of time and rendering it eternal through a form of portrait. This practice is paired with a nod to the old German tradition, Kaffee Klatsch—gathering for coffee and cake. Though the artist grew up in Germany, Kaffee Klatsch always felt somewhat unfamiliar to her. Through this work, she seeks to explore, understand, and ultimately embrace this social ritual. An original cuckoo clock in the background underscores the theme of time—its passage, its rhythm, and its suspension. Together, the act of portrait-making, the shared coffee, and the ticking of the clock create a gentle, intimate space where time is lengthened into casual moments of shared experience, and human presence is meaningfully acknowledged. (Text Edited: Jono Wang Chu)

coffee and cake, cuckoo clock, service

1-3 h

Tahnks to: M, Claaßen, St. Albertsen, T. Erel, Contemporary Istanbul (A. Güreli, R. Bakici, E. Özdoyuran), J. Lincke, N. Blanco, S. Drühl, D. Dahlke, H. Theis, M. Steffens, A. Grosskopf, S. Häuser, Momentum Berlin (R. Rits Volloch, E. Rapanà) T. Guedes, S. Ahner, C. Splitt, Th. Niemeyer, E. Ekici, Z. Y. Polat, A. Dammertz, T. Neumann, Y. Ladzekpo, E. Waschke, V. Goldmann, A. Tangerding, D. Harder, G. Schwiegk