INDIA WEEK HAMBURG 2023
Seeking a Common Ground- Looking at the other (m)other
Ruchika Wason Singh
Opening: Friday, November 24th, 7 p.m.
Open: Sat/Sun, November 25th and 26th, 2-6 p.m.
Künstler*innenhaus FRISE,Hamburg.
In her artist residency and exhibition at Künstler*innenhaus FRISE, Ruchika Wason Singh looks at feminism through the lens of motherhood and looks for a 'common ground' around the female body, gender identity and work as an artist. The project is an extension of her ongoing research on women artists/mothers and their challenges between artistic work, care work and domesticity as identity markers in everyday life.
Based on her project “A.M.M.A.A. - The Archive for Mapping Mother Artists in Asia", which she began in 2016, Ruchika delves into the commonalities of matricentric feminist discourse - across geographical, linguistic and cultural boundaries. In her Hamburg project, Ruchika designs various research and artistic modes to enable inclusive spaces for participation, dialogue and exchange. This auto-ethnographic approach to artistic practice is reflective (related to the other, as in the collaborative and inclusive programs ) and introspective (related to oneself, as in her independent studio work project Bukal ) in order to open up paths of solidarity, empathy and future collaboration. The exhibition will be a presentation of the residency project involving collaborations with artist-mothers from Hamburg, Berlin, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Freiburg.
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Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg
Supporting programs:
Common Ground - An Exercise in Empowerment for Artist-Mothers
The workshop conducted by Ruchika Wason Singh aims at empowerment and exchange. In English language.
Künstler*innenhaus FRISE
Sunday, November 12th, 3.30 p.m. -5.30 p.m.
Participating Artists-Lene Markusen,Emine Şahinaz Akalın, Ina Arzensek and Julia Berg.
Common Grounds – A Conversation on Artistic Production, Care-Work and Activism
Online Panel Discussion with:
Marcia Bauer, Hamburg (Mehr Mütter für die Kunst.)
Renate Liebel, Stuttgart (Mothers*, Warriors & Poets)
Ruchika Wason Singh, Delhi (A.M.M.A.A.-The Archive for Mapping Mother Artists in Asia)
Moderated by Sascia Bailer, independent researcher, curator & writer, Freiburg
Monday, November 20th, 11 a.m. Germany, 3.30 p.m. India, 10 a.m. UK.
Common Ground - An Exercise in Empowerment for Artist-Mothers
The workshop conducted by Ruchika Wason Singh aims at empowerment and exchange. Participating artists-Lene Markusen and Zari Harat.
Sunday, November 26th, 11 a.m. -1 p.m.
Auditorium, Halle für aktuelle Kunst, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
In cooperation with Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Studio Practice during the residency on the project Bukal
Workshops and Panel Discussion on Zoom
Exhibition
BUKAL
Bukal is a Punjabi word which literally means to wrap something around. It also stands for bosom.In my project I have chosen it as the title, for the body of work which I have created during the residency at FRISE. In the physical intimacy between the mother and the child, I see that eachone is either wrapping the other with one’s own self or getting wrapped by the other. This physical act of maternal embrace also creates a space in-between the two. It is the so-called negative space which seems to be empty, but it is significant for developing the acts of love and care. The space and its shape is constantly in flux.Its design is shaped by close proximity or distance between themother and the child. I have focused on the shapes of these negative spaces as shifting yet pertinent domains of the maternal world.
