Interactive Performance Installation 2020 (based on the performance installation since 2008) Presented live from 31.1-9.2.2020 10 days , 8 hours a day - in the Frame of the Exhibition Marina Abramovic Flux/Akis + MAI , Sakip Sabanci Museum Istanbul 31.1-26.4.2020

Over the course of her 20-year career, Nezaket Ekici has performed live in more than 170 cities across 60 countries on four continents. In her performance Personal Map, she constructs a visual and participatory archive of this global journey. Armed with nails, a hammer, and a red string, Ekici creates an enormous web like a spider -spinning its network onto a white wooden panel. Each thread traces a location where she has performed, ultimately composing a map of over 250 performances. The audience at times becomes part of the action: participants are invited to reenact fragments of past performances and assist in identifying the geographical locations on the map. From a global perspective, Personal Map tells a story not only of one artist’s journey, but of art itself as a transnational force. Ekici suggests that art is both shaped by and contributes to globalization, perhaps even connecting people and cultures to create a borderless space of shared humanity. At SSM in Istanbul, this performance will take on a new dimension. For the first time, Ekici will present Personal Mapover 10 consecutive days, performing 8 hours each day—for a total of 80 hours. The durational aspect gives the audience a unique opportunity to experience her career in real time. The work becomes a living archive, unfolding continuously, with no clear end in sight. Personal Map occupies both time and space. It is a meta-performance—a work about her body of work. It offers insight into her process, her evolution, and the essence of performance art itself: presence, endurance, and the intimate exchange between artist and audience. Presented live since 2008 (selected):10th Asiatopia International Performance Festival, Bangkok, 2008 (6-hour live performance); GEDOK Stuttgart, 2009 (8 hours); Ebent 09 Tensions; Performance Festival, Sabadell, 2009 (8 hours); 5th Latin American Biennial of Visual Arts, Vento Sul, Curitiba, Brazil, 2009 (2 days, 8 hours/day); Global Contemporary: Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2011–2012 (2 days, 6 hours/day); Forum Migration, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Innsbruck, 2018 (10-hour performance) (Text Edited: Jono Wang Chu)

White platform 5m long x4m deep , 30 cm high , red wools, nails, hammer, spotlight, black edding pensil, theater spotlights, Costume

10 days x 8 hours 30.1.-2.2.2020 4.2.-9.2.2020

Camera/Editing: Nilden Aksoy, Assistant: Güler Asik, Curators: Paula Garcia, Serge Le Borgne, MAI Team, Thank: Marina Abramovic MAI Team: Thanos Argyropoulos, Lynsey Peisinger, Billy Zhao, Sakip Sabanci Museum Team: Dr. Nazan Ölcer, Hüma Arslaner, Nazli Beser, Umut Dursun, Performer: N.Stamatopoulou, V.Mastrogiannaki, M.Herranz, A.Cabaoglu, B.Temiz, D.Champs, E.Kutlay, H.Atasever, I.Odman, M.Vural, M.Kayan; U.Sevgül, M. Adash, M.A. Cengiz, S.Dönmez, Museum Guests: Dr.A.Dammertz; E.Ekici