Harpirexia: Study of a Predator
multimedia installation (8-channel sound, video, performance, ongoing research)
(2024/25)
costume: Ferhat Kartal
headpiece/mask: Sada Leigh Sherrin
photo/video: Miroslav Dajč / Janis Binder
hair/assistance: Juliette Brasseur
overall assistance/support: Bojan Bajazetov
special thanks: Ingo Schulz, Rita Macedo and Rolf Pilarsky, Dima Strapchevvv
Inspired by mythology, the realm of nature, female superheroes, and fables, Harpirexia: Study of a Predator reacts to systemic silencing of female, queer and non-human bodies in patriarchal society. The artist, embodying a hybrid bird-woman predator, engages in a series of micro-choreographies, each contributing to a collection of superpowers vital for her survival as an immigrant woman artist. Through the lenses of ecofeminism and feminist speculative fiction, the project reflects the unpredictable and surreal nature of our realities, capturing the disorienting chaos that defines the world today. In the face of global crises, intersectional discrimination, and existential struggles, it highlights the extraordinary resilience, courage, and inner strength required to confront the ever-shifting tides of social and political turmoil.
Exhibitions:
January 29 – February 21, 2025
CROSSING TALES exhibition (Braunschweig Projects 2024–25)
Montagehalle, HBK Braunschweig
Harpirexia: Study of a Predator , 2025
CROSSING TALES exhibition, Montagehalle, HBK Braunschweig
ph: Ivana Papić
CROSSING TALES exhibition, Montagehalle, HBK Braunschweig
ph: Ivana Papić
film stills