Meet The Memory Person!
What if monuments could listen to stories? Imagine a monument that narrates, learns, and amplifies diverse voices.
"Meet the Memory Person - a Performative Monument" is a collaborative art project that envisions this concept. The project explores memory culture, public space, and the transformative power of encounters. We aim to revisit and revitalize fading and underrepresented local memories through artistic methods and interactions while activating public sculptures or addressing their absence. In workshops, mobile installations, and interactive city walks, we collect and share the stories of residents, particularly those connected to exile and migration. The performative monument is dedicated to these individuals who are finding or have found new homes, and they actively shape its ongoing creation. Their experiences and memories are expressed through multi-media art objects, transforming the Memory Person into an open archive and a monument in-the-making. We invite you to contribute an archive entry and share a memory of your own. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
In 2023 and 2024, five performers embodied the Memory Person in Munich-Giesing, where different past and contemporary movements of exile and migration interweave. To address the global nature and site-specificity of exile and migration, we are developing the concept of a traveling monument that evolves based on its context. In October 2024, the project will be hosted in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. We hope to meet you soon!
Meet The Memory Person!
What if monuments could listen to stories? Imagine a monument that narrates, learns, and amplifies diverse voices.
"Meet the Memory Person - a Performative Monument" is a collaborative art project that envisions this concept. The project explores memory culture, public space, and the transformative power of encounters. We aim to revisit and revitalize fading and underrepresented local memories through artistic methods and interactions while activating public sculptures or addressing their absence. In workshops, mobile installations, and interactive city walks, we collect and share the stories of residents, particularly those connected to exile and migration. The performative monument is dedicated to these individuals who are finding or have found new homes, and they actively shape its ongoing creation. Their experiences and memories are expressed through multi-media art objects, transforming the Memory Person into an open archive and a monument in-the-making. We invite you to contribute an archive entry and share a memory of your own. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
In 2023 and 2024, five performers embodied the Memory Person in Munich-Giesing, where different past and contemporary movements of exile and migration interweave. To address the global nature and site-specificity of exile and migration, we are developing the concept of a traveling monument that evolves based on its context. In October 2024, the project will be hosted in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. We hope to meet you soon!
Simple Language
Imagine if statues could tell stories!
The "Memory Person" project makes this possible. It's all about gathering people's memories and turning them into art. We're especially interested in hearing stories from people who have moved from other places.
How does it work?
- Sharing Stories Together: We meet up in workshops and go for walks where everyone can share their memories.
- Creating Artworks: We turn these memories into special works of art.
- Living Statues: People take on the role of the "Memory Person" and bring these artworks to life.
- Traveling Through Cities: The project visits different places and shares the stories everywhere.
Why is it important? This way we can remember people's stories and create something new together.
Want to join? You can share your own story or just be there. We'd love to have you!
In short: "The Memory Person" is a project where everyone works together to share memories and make art. It's about celebrating diversity and getting to know each other better.
Any questions? Please feel free to ask!
Collaborateurs 2023-24
Alexey Yevets | Anick Messerschmitt | Dmitrii Ostrtsov | Eliza Kokeyan | Elvin Turgut | Emver Retzep Oglou | Franziska Windolf with Zitaten frei nach Adnan Al-Dhahir, Haydar Isik, Ivan Binar, Milorad Vujovic, Wladimir Nikolajewitsch Woinowitsch | Halina Prakapenka | Hammoud Radwan | Hanna Vasina | Iriet Yusuf | Iriet Yusuf und Giesinger Schüler:innen | Kathrin Knöpfle | Katja Kushnir | Ksenia Bykovsky | Leonid Hrytsak | Liana Chernetska | Maisoun Alfarawati | Manuel Friedrich | Mariam Monga | Matyáš Slabý & Barbora Šubrotová & Jakub Klimeš | Mehmet “Schlosser” | Miriam Worek | Natalia Shynkarova | Nicolas Wannenmacher | Olena Mytko | Pepi | Ping-Pong group | Polina Nagurnaia | Seb | Selin Julia Sissiyo | Simona Pekařová | smadlmachts | Sudipa Roy | Su Turhan | Viktoriia Ivasyshyna | Some, who wish to remain anonymous
Concept and artistic production: Franziska Windolf
Curation: Mareike Schwarz (2022/23)
Performers: Lisavieta Bogushevskaya, Simone Kokou, Viviana Iacob, Franziska Windolf, Konouz Saeed, Kathrin Knöpfle, Jegor Kondratyuk, Polina Khatsenka)
Collaborateurs 2023-24
Alexey Yevets | Anick Messerschmitt | Dmitrii Ostrtsov | Eliza Kokeyan | Elvin Turgut | Emver Retzep Oglou | Franziska Windolf with Zitaten frei nach Adnan Al-Dhahir, Haydar Isik, Ivan Binar, Milorad Vujovic, Wladimir Nikolajewitsch Woinowitsch | Halina Prakapenka | Hammoud Radwan | Hanna Vasina | Iriet Yusuf | Iriet Yusuf und Giesinger Schüler:innen | Kathrin Knöpfle | Katja Kushnir | Ksenia Bykovsky | Leonid Hrytsak | Liana Chernetska | Maisoun Alfarawati | Manuel Friedrich | Mariam Monga | Matyáš Slabý & Barbora Šubrotová & Jakub Klimeš | Mehmet “Schlosser” | Miriam Worek | Natalia Shynkarova | Nicolas Wannenmacher | Olena Mytko | Pepi | Ping-Pong group | Polina Nagurnaia | Seb | Selin Julia Sissiyo | Simona Pekařová | smadlmachts | Sudipa Roy | Su Turhan | Viktoriia Ivasyshyna | Some, who wish to remain anonymous
Concept and artistic production: Franziska Windolf
Curation: Mareike Schwarz (2022/23)
Performers: Lisavieta Bogushevskaya, Simone Kokou, Viviana Iacob, Franziska Windolf, Konouz Saeed, Kathrin Knöpfle, Jegor Kondratyuk, Polina Khatsenka)
Project trailer, 2025
By Mathias Reitz Zausinger. 03:22 min.