Georgia Sagri
YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal
September 16, 2022–January 15, 2023Gropius Bau, Berlin
YOYI is the name of a ceremonial gathering of song and dance central to Tiwi culture in northern Australia. YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal refers to this exclamation: an invitation to come together to celebrate and mourn together.
In response to this call, each of the 26 invited artists pursues different strategies to question, reinvent, expand, sustain or break away from the notions of caring, repairing and healing. Some offer critical perspectives on how the concept of care has been abused. Others propose methods of repair that are fundamentally different from Western approaches. Still others ask whether healing is possible or even necessary. The spectrum of these voices is reflected in video works, installations, paintings and performances that are shown throughout the ground floor of the Gropius Bau.
Featuring works by Pierre Adler, Brook Andrew, Kader Attia, Tosh Basco, Mohamed Bourouissa, Andrea Büttner, Lavkant Chaudhary, Lygia Clark, André Eugène, Guyodo, Artemisia Gentileschi, Johanna Hedva, Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Eva Kot’átková, Betty Muffler & Maringka Burton, Grace Ndiritu, People’s Archive of Rural India, Outi Pieski, Paula Rego, Tabita Rezaire & Amakaba, Georgia Sagri, Yhonnie Scarce, Reginald Sénatus (Redji), SERAFINE1369 and Wu Tsang
Curated by Brook Andrew, Kader Attia with Giscard Bouchotte, Natasha Ginwala and Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz, under the curatorial direction of Stephanie Rosenthal in collaboration with SERAFINE1369, In House: Artist in Residence 2021.
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One-to-one sessions on self-care and recovery will follow by Georgia Sagri at Gropius Bau in November. For more information click here.
