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My burden is my soulmate in EUROPRIDE23 exhibition The wind blows… waves in all directions
11 August – 29 October 2023
My burden is my soulmate is exhibited as a three-channel video and sound installation at Spazju Kreattiv, Malta, as part of EUROPRIDE23 exhibition The wind blows… waves in all directions, curated by Bob Attard and Mohamed Ali Agrebi.
Concept and performance: Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu
Sound: Fırat Yıldız
Artist talk Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu with Zippora Elders
6 August 2023, 16:00
The Heart Beats finissage weekend continues with a conversation between Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu and Zippora Elders centring on Darıcıoğlu’s artistic practice. The conversation will be held in English.
“Fire, everywhere” live performance at Baerenzwinger on August 5
5 August 2023, 13:00–19:00
Fire, everywhere addresses the stigmatisation and resilience of queer communities from past to present. Through six hours of mourning, anger and transformation, the performance draws lines between violence and empowerment through the symbolism and gesture of boxing/punching. The live performance joins the constellation of three video performances, a sound piece and latex sculptures already on view in Heart Beats.
“Lick the scar, enter the wound” and artist discussion in “Celebrating New Wave” at Kommunales Kino, Freiburg
14 July 2023
18:00: Surfing in the New-wave, round-table discussion with Candaş Baş, Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu, Ceren Oykut and Viron Erol Vert, moderated by Didem Yazıcı.
19:30: Lick the scar, enter the wound, performance, 33 min.
“Letting the dirt in” in the exhibition “You are another me” at Koli Art Space, Istanbul
17 June – 16 July 2023
You Are Another Me / Sen Başka Bir Bensin, curated by Tuba Kocakaya at KOLİ / NOKS Art Space, brings together Akış Ka, Cansu Yıldıran, İlkin Zeybek, Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu, Meltem Sarıkaya, Mert Yemenicioğlu and Yaz Taşçı. Darıcıoğlu presents Letting the dirt in.
who has come, who has gone in ICA, London as part of Lubunya Dispatches
May 2023
A curated selection of performance videos is showcased at ICA London for the duration of LUBUNYA Dispatches, including Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu’s Who Has Come, Who Has Gone alongside works by Kübra Uzun, Harun Güler and Istanbul Queer Art Collective.
“Heart Beats” Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu, Martin Toloku – Duo exhibition at Baerenzwinger, Berlin
26 May – 6 August 2023
Heart Beats presents the artistic explorations of Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu and Martin Toloku, who engage with the physicality of grief and trauma through durational performance and installation. Curated by Malte Pieper and Maja Smoszna, the exhibition is the second part of the annual programme GLEANING.
5 August, 13:00–19:00: Fire, everywhere, performance by Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu
6 August, 16:00: Artist Talk with Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu and Zippora Elders
The Visit in “Performing Time: In Vivo/Ex Situ/In Situ” screening on 3rd December at Flora Chang in Los Angeles
3 December 2022
The Visit is included in Performing Time: In Vivo/Ex Situ/In Situ, a selection of fourteen video works exploring life and histories through time and space, presented by ProspectArt.org at Flora Chang in downtown Los Angeles.
Patriarchy and war at Goethe Institute Rome in Anti war coalition art project program
17–19 November 2022
A Childhood Tale From The Dark will be shown at Goethe-Institut Rome as part of The European Pavilion in the Anti War Coalition Art project programme.
rongin shagor at Oyoun, Berlin
13 November 2022
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu contributes to rongin shagor, Oyoun’s digital artistic intervention reflecting on cultures of memory through responses to May Ayim’s poem community. The project forms a constellation of remembrance through cultural responses and transnational dialogue.