Performance Installation 2020 Live streamed via YouTube from Lothringer 13 Halle on December 16, 2020, 3-8 p.m. on the channel “die städtischen Kunsträume München” (Munich's municipal art spaces).

Note: The new performance installation “Speed Talk with Coffee and Petit Four” by Ekicis is inspired by Live Work in Progress - Performance Personal Map (since 2008) and the video performance and live performance ‘Kaffeeklatsch’ (since 2019), which deals with the German tradition of “coffee and cake” and the cuckoo clock. Especially in the age of COVID-19, it is important to reflect on good traditions and use them to stay in touch and not lose contact with people. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it was incredibly difficult to formulate personal connections with other artists. Nezaket Ekici experienced this as a guest artist in Munich. Her performance, “Speed Talk with Coffee and Petit Four” adapts to the situation and presents a form of hyper-condensed social interaction which complies with all hygiene and distancing rules. The room is ventilated, cleaned, and sanitized so that everyone can participate safely. She limits herself to one 15min conversation with each of the twelve guests, with each conversation covering a different topic. They discuss Ekici's complete opus, ranging over 20 years of performance practice, her travels and residency programs – both during the coronavirus pandemic and before. Ekici shares images, videos, and anecdotes in a temporally condensed exchange. These talks are not merely verbal—they are performative collaborations in themselves. She interacts directly with her guests and occasionally the audience, weaving each conversation into an archive of memory, meaning, and creative response. Most importantly, Ekici reveals the toll these conversations require—to maintain social contact as such, Ekici must undergo an arduous ritual. She must speak quickly but also clearly; she must clean before and after each guest and even change her clothes. This kind of rigorous practice shows how often humans take interpersonal relationships for granted: in Ekici’s performance, the conversation is a sacred art, it requires effort to succeed, and one cannot expect its power to simply come so easily. The physical space of the performance is just as curated as the content: ventilated, cleaned, and sanitized between each guest. Ekici documents her labour in between the conversations: changing into a new costume to symbolize the reinvention and reframing that social contact demands, while quickly washing all dishes, wiping down surfaces, and preparing fresh petit fours for the next visitor. These behind-the-scenes acts—usually hidden from public view—become part of the performance itself. They are recorded and broadcasted to the public, even though the guests participating have no idea of their reality. They reflect the unseen effort behind maintaining social rituals, and the exhaustion of constantly adapting oneself to different conversations, expectations, and energies. By merging tactile hospitality, conceptual dialogue, and pandemic-era logistics, “Speed Talk with Coffee and Petit Four” becomes a layered meditation on presence, identity, and the resilience of interpersonal connection. The live stream of the event expands the performance’s reach—bridging artist, guest, and audience across virtual and physical boundaries into a shared temporal encounter. In this ritualized reinvention of conversation, Ekici reminds us that contact is still possible, even in a world split apart and disoriented through space. She quietly celebrates the small, ordinary acts of attention and care that allow relationships—and art—to endure. (Text Edited: Jono Wang Chu)

Costumes, petit fours, table, projector, tableware, silverware, mugs, coffee/tea, projector, tv screen, glass, plants

Live Online: 4 hours 52 minutes

Collaborators: Julia Richter, Alexander Steig, Bernadette Obergrußberger, Quirin Brunnmeier, Tunay Önder, Benita Meißner, Dr. Helena Pereña, Mirella Oestreicher, Günter Stöber, Roubs Style, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Andreas Dammertz The event is part of the “Artist in Residence. Art Concept Mediation” program organized by the Institute for Art Education at LMU Munich in cooperation with the Department of Culture of the City of Munich/Residency Ebenböck-Haus and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. An