Fire, everywhere | Live performance

The performance Fire, everywhere questions how to navigate trajectories of oppression when hegemonic powers seem insurmountable for the marginalised. Holding space to mourn and releasing anger to transform, Fire, everywhere explores ways to challenge and twist power dynamics, seeking expanding love for life amidst the constant fight.


Received the DAAD Prize 2024, at AdBK Nuremberg

• BY Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu
  
• Edited by Görkem Ergün
  

Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu (Berlin & Istanbul) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans long-durational live performances, video, installation, sculpture, and public interventions. Leman's work delves into the intricate intersections of chronopolitics and necropolitics, with a keen focus on the vulnerability and resilience of marginalized, especially queer bodies.

Their artistic inquiry is driven by a deep engagement with histories of violence and systems of privilege, challenging and re-appropriating these narratives from a distinctly Southwest Asian perspective. Through a nuanced examination of queer methodologies and temporalities, Leman draws connections between the past and present, addressing the legacies of hegemonic powers, totalitarian regimes, and dictatorships, while also responding to the rising tides of fascism and conservatism globally.