My First Century @ ZAWP #TEH85
26 May Cmt
|ZAWP
We will make a circle, the performers and audience and each performer will come to the middle of the circle, tell their 20th century’s art history with their own narratives.
Time & Location
26 May 2018 14:20
ZAWP, Ribera de Deusto, 42, 48014 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
About the event
Let us introduce you "My First Century" briefly.
As xy generation, we are all born in 20th century and continue our lives in the 21st century. The writing of 20th century's art history is not yet complete.
Getting started from the question asked by James Elkins “Is art history global?” My First Century team; Ayşegül Sönmez & Zeynep Okyay gets close-up views on the art history norms and geographical choices. The linear narrative of history is shaped with arbitrary criterions. Who made the norms and criterias?
With this project we want to question the unquestionable norms of the art history. My first century proposes ways to remap, de-center, and reorient the art history's canonic framework.
The project already kicked off in Mardin, during the 4th edition of Mardin Biennial. And it will take place in different cities of the world. In these cities we organise participatory performances by inviting local…