Upcoming
Celebrating Mother Language at Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu’s recent work, the video performance A Childhood Tale from the Dark, will be presented as a video and photography installation in Celebrating Mother Language at Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
23 February – 9 March 2019
Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Workshop: How Deep It Is So True, How True It Is So Deeply
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will lead a two-day workshop exploring the physical and emotional boundaries and limits of the body. Taking place in silence for six hours each day, the workshop invites participants into an investigation of their own boundaries and depths.
Performistanbul Live Art Research Space
2–3 February 2019, 12:00–18:00
250 TL / 170 TL students
Circuit Istanbul
9–10 February 2019, 12:00–18:00
250 TL / 170 TL students
The workshop is particularly recommended for people involved in or interested in performance art, but no previous body-based experience is required.
Registration: lemandariciogluworkshop@gmail.com
Queer Performance: Chances, Challenges and Transformation
As part of KuirFest, Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will participate in an artist talk on the chances, challenges, and transformative possibilities of queer performance, together with Berlin-based performance artist Liad Hussein Kantorowicz and Maria Dolores from the Athens Museum of Queer Arts. The conversation will be moderated by Gizem Aksu.
25 January 2019, 18:00
Dramaqueer
3 Days with MASA at Büyük Valide Han
Leman S. Darıcıoğlu joins MASA Project for 3 Days with MASA, presented by Performistanbul and Blok Art Space.
Dates: 11–13 January 2019
Hours: 10:00–18:00 each day
Venue: Büyük Valide Han, Mercan Mahallesi, Büyük Valide Han, Çakmakçılar Yokuşu No: 31, Fatih, Istanbul
Live broadcast: Mardo Ohanoğlu’s Woodshop, Serdar Ömer Cad. No: 82, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
3 Days with MASA is a performative inquiry into history, memory, remembrance, and misremembering. Presented over three consecutive days for eight hours each day, the work centres on the histories of minorities and questions of labour, establishing a bridge between Büyük Valide Han in Eminönü and Dolapdere.
Artist Talk at Forum Dança, Lisbon
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will give an artist talk about their artistic practice at Forum Dança, Lisbon, as part of the artistic residency programme.
23 November 2018, 18:30
Forum Dança, Lisbon
Residency at Forum Dança, Lisbon
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will participate in an artistic residency at Forum Dança in Lisbon from 13–24 November 2018. During the residency, they will lead a two-day workshop exploring physical and emotional limits and work on a conceptual mapping of their own artistic journey.
The programme is curated by Sezen Tonguz.
Forum Dança
English programme
Portuguese workshop information
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Workshop in Çanakkale: The Deeper, the More Real; the More Real, the Deeper
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will lead a two-day workshop exploring bodily limits on 27–28 October 2018 at SUB, the space hosting the RJNR project in Çanakkale.
Following a brief introduction, the workshop will continue in silence, inviting participants to explore their own realities and depths. Conceived as an invitation to a slow and gentle exploration of limits, the two days will begin with lighter exercises in awareness of oneself and the space, gradually moving deeper into physical and mental exercises that explore boundaries and call participants into presence in the here and now.
24 hour performing in Lauren McCarthy performance, 24 Hour Host at Zorlu PSM in 19 October
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will collaborate with Lauren McCarthy in 24 Hour Host, a 24-hour performance presented at Digilogue Space, Zorlu PSM, Istanbul.
For 24 hours, the house will remain continuously open for a party in which the host is directed by artificial intelligence.
Starts: 19 October 2018, 21:00
Ends: 20 October 2018, 21:00
Venue: Digilogue Space, Zorlu PSM, Istanbul
Artwork by: Lauren McCarthy
In collaboration with: Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu
New piece: Waiting II: Darağaç in public art exhibition Darağaç III
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will take part in Darağaç III on 5 October 2018 at 17:00 with their new 24-hour performance, Waiting II: Darağaç.
Waiting II: Darağaç questions waiting as both an action and a condition, while exploring belonging and connectivity in relation to the opening of an immigration office in the neighbourhood during the previous year.
Having recently performed Waiting I at Warehouse9 in Copenhagen, Darıcıoğlu’s second Waiting performance develops the work into a series concerned with “liminal” stages in which life cannot be fully lived but continues to be sustained biologically.
Cleaning the House workshop held by Marina Abramović Institute in September
Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu will participate in Marina Abramović Institute’s Cleaning the House workshop, led by artists Lynsey Peisinger and Paula Garcia, from 12–16 September 2018.
The workshop introduces participants to the Abramović Method, developed by Marina Abramović since the 1980s as a way of preparing the body for long-durational performance.
Thanks to Performistanbul and my dear funders for their support.