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A series of text-bacesd artworks in the Graz district Annenviertel.
by Kristina Leko in cooperation with Judith
Laister (scientific supervision), Yemi Adesuyi
Ojumo, Evelyn Ark, Yakut Benan, Martin Breuss, Bruno Depiné, Katja
Fischer, Bianca Flecker, Tanja Fuchs, Ayten G., Peter Gillmayr,
Michael Jabbour, Kennedy, Robin Klengel, Emir Kuljuh, Kurosch, Ali
Kurt, Pinar Kütük, Claudia Leitinger, Mao Liyi, Elisabeth Matlschweiger,
Aline Marques, Fatima Maria N., Wolfgang Oeggl, Anna Orgler, Piso,
Angela Praßl, Hildegard Ruhdorfer, Barbara Schmid, Mustafa Seyhan,
Kadir Smailovič, Heide Spitzer, Nora Steinbach, Kristina Stocker,
Daniela Stradner, Karoline Walter, Katrin Wankhammer, Michael Windisch
(biographical research), Joachim Hainzl, Leo Kühberger
(historical research)
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On the occasion of the opening speeches
by:
Mustafa Aktas (Kurdistan Information Center),
Kristina Leko (Artist),
Judith Laister (Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural
Anthropology),
Elisabeth Fiedler (Institute for Art in Public
Space Styria),
Simone Reis (Community Work Annenviertel),
Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer (< rotor >)
Followed by a small buffet
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The Graz Annenviertel has always been home to the working people.
In the times of industrialization, the emerging working class also
began to organize itself here to fight for rights and social improvements.
The history of labour, and the related history of immigration have
left their traces in the Annenviertel. Up to the present, the Annenviertel
has remained an important quarter for immigration to Graz.
The Zagreb-born artist Kristina Leko, who lives in Germany now,
has developed a site-specific series of text artworks dedicated
to this subject. In doing so, she collaborated with several players:
historians, cultural anthropologists, local associations and organizations
as well as individuals who look back on a personal history of immigration.
The text-based artworks highlight
eight locations which are historically marked by the subjects of
work and immigration. Most of times there is a historical text which
refers to the history of the labour movement combined with a biographical
text which offers insight into the life of immigrants who live or
work nearby.
The biographical research for the artworks
has been conducted by students of European ethnology in collaboration
with the artist. The scientific supervision for the research has
been provided by Judith Laister in the framework of a seminar focusing
on representational critique. There have always been several individuals
involved in the production process of each text. One of the project’s
major concerns has been to facilitate encounters between students
and Annenviertel residents, which took place, amongst other locations,
at the historically significant sights and in the < rotor >
art center.
Thanks to this work by the artist
Kristina Leko the history of labour and immigration is visible for
the first time, and over the long term at several locations in the
Annenviertel.
From May 1, 2013 till May 1, 2015
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A cooperative project by:
< rotor > center for contemporary art
Institute for Art in Public Space Styria
City of Graz - Building Authority - Community Work Annenviertel
Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the
University of Graz
Many thanks for their support to:
Styrian Association for Cultural Politics
RONDO - Artist Studios of the Country of Styria
Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of Zagreb
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia
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