“On the Verge” by AKS and Mayram Katan’s Screening

Come see the AKS collective’s performance and Maryam Katan’s screening at Apartment Project at 19:45.

“On the Verge” (25 Min) by AKS (Gizem Akman, likabari, Nour Sokhon, Selda Asal) and screening of “Tactics of Desire: A Perscription for the Explorer, the etkinFisherman, the Fish” (2022, 7 min) by Maryam Katan.

In the improvisational performance «On the Verge», AKS focuses on individuals’ moments, meeting points and the ways they express themselves in relationship to ‹home› through various media. Referring to the concept of ‹flu›, which in Turkish, Arabic and Persian stands for a faded, unclear, indistinct image (derived from the Latin word ‹flavus›), the exhibition features new works every three weeks that inspire each other.

By re-animating a personal narrative, «Tactics of Desire: A Perscription for the Explorer, the Fisherman, the Fish» attempts to reveal the touristic gaze and various layers of exploitative relations between the guest and the host, human and non-human. At the same time, the video by Maryam Katan questions the urge for taxonomy and systematic knowledge about nature.