IDENTITIES

IDENTITIES (2023)
Video-Installation

In unserer globalisierten Lebenswelt treffen Menschen
unterschiedlichster kultureller Identitäten aufeinander.
Digitale Netzwerke ermöglichen durch räumliche
Verdichtung von Kommunikation eine Entgrenzung
kultureller Identität.

Anthropologische Konstanten
definieren den Weg, fremde Identitäten zu erforschen, zu erleben
oder in ihnen aufzugehen. Die Installation IDENTITIES macht
diesen Weg erlebbar. Aus einem internationalen
partizipativen online-Projekt sind Videos von Frauen
entstanden, die ein Wiegenlied aus ihrem Kulturkreis
singen. Anschließend lernte anna.laclaque die Lieder und
filmte sich dabei. In der Installation werden Videos der
Frauen und der Künstlerin räumlich und akustisch
überlagert und miteinander verwoben. Es öffnet sich ein
begehbarer sinnlicher Gedankenraum im Spannungsfeld
heterogener, multikultureller Vielstimmigkeit und deren
Projektion auf Person und Stimme der Künstlerin. Sie
verortet so lernend und singend ihre eigene Identität in
einer globalisierten Welt diverser Kulturen.

23.-26.02.2023 Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig
Opening 23.02.2023

IDENTITIES VOICES

In my culture, the mother is called the light of the house,
because she always gives the unlimited love and attention
to the family members. She is the one, who spends lots of
time with the children and has actually an important role in
building the personality and emotions of the children.
Parvin, Iran

In Mexico, the woman began little by little to free herself
from a patriarchal system and take a presence in various
jobs and professions, there was the opportunity that some
women were professionals. I want to emphasize that my
mother was one of the few women who had a profession in
those years, she was a teacher for 40 years. My
grandmother was also a working woman, she worked in
graphic arts. Since I was little, it was clear to me that I did
not want to be a mother, I wanted to travel and study arts.
I am fortunate, since I dedicate myself to what I like: that’s
art, and art takes me to know different countries.
Ruth, Mexico

There is a plethora of differences in terms of sacrifices and
time-management while raising children here in India as
compared to abroad. Unlike various places abroad where
there is a possibility to take the support from day-care
centres, India hardly has any dedicated day-care system at
least for the common public. A mother needs to take almost
all the basic responsibilities to raise her child here in India.
This surely comes at the cost of a mother’s career in most
of the cases. I am not an exception either. A child itself is
never a problem in fulfilling one’s own dreams. I felt a sense
of fulfilment and pride to have my child. From then
onwards, there was no looking back.
Jayasree, India

Our chinese tradition features that the men earn money
while the women look after home. This is however changed,
in modern times. Man and woman contribute more or less
equally to both. We love to have children. It appears to me
like a magic, and like a sense of achievement, that after the
end of my life, my blood remains in the world and continues
to feel and create. We moved to Germany and afterwards
decided to stay here longer, mainly due to the wish that our
children can have a childhood with less stress.
Hui, China

Wenn ich Kinder hätte, müsste ich die völlige Freiheit und
Unabhängigkeit, die ich habe, aufgeben. Dann würde ich
meine ganze Zeit und Aufmerksamkeit den Kindern widmen
und mich möglicherweise verlieren. Ich habe keine
Verbindung zu irgendeinem Schlaflied. Ich habe es nie für
jemanden gesungen und niemand hat es jemals für mich
gesungen.
Viktoriia, Ukraine

Die meisten Mütter in Frankreich sind berufstätig und
versuchen Beruf und Kinder zu vereinen. Ich denke, dass
Kinder immer eine Bereicherung sind, weil sie immer das
Unvorhersehbare tun und weil das Leben mit Kindern
bunter, lustiger und abenteuerlicher wird.
Silvie, France

I’ve always wanted to have children. As someone who is
pregnant with her first child now, I’m still very much in a
discovery process. So far I know they change your priorities
and shift your focus. I think it’s important not to lose
yourself in motherhood, you have to be true to yourself and
persue your passions.
Catherine, Canada

My children give color and taste to my life. I can’t imagine
my life without them. It is very difficult to have children and
carrier. Especially for me as a foreigner I have no support
from my parents here to take care of the children for one or
two hours and I have no free time for me. But I don’t want
to complain about that, because when they play and laugh,
all these difficult parts go away quickly.
Azadeh, Iran

Ich bin froh, dass ich mich nicht in der Rolle der
Reproduktion einorden musste und frei entscheiden konnte
als Frau, Mutter zu werden oder nicht.
Ana, Germany

After my second child I was very lost, I had a postnatal
depression and it was very difficult for me to find out who I
was besides being a mother and how to represent this role
in society. It was difficult to have that mental space to find
myself.
Graziella, Brasilia

Mother is the fountain of love. This love is beyond of
comparison with anything else in the world. Being a mother
starts with being pregnant, with maintaining a life for nine
month. And eventually giving birth to a child with the risk of
losing her own life. And this is actually a big sacrifice.
Tanushree, India

VOICES: Azadeh Ganbari, Iran. Silvie Bordaux, France. Marie Kosco-Vilbois,
USA. Ana Laibach, Germany. Hui Wang, China. Tanushree Das, India.
Viktoriia Bachmann, Ukraine. Ruth Vigueras-Bravo, Mexico. Graziella Grise,
Brasilia. Yingmei Duan, China. Parvin Bahmany, Iran. Catherine Byrne,
Canada. Jayasree Deb Mitra, India. Yarinéz Suárez, Argentinia.

Das Installationsprojekt IDENTITIES wurde gefördert von:


(c) Photos Michel Lavignon