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P o r t f o l i o
J o r a n Y o n i s / j o r a n . y o n i s @ g m a i l . c o
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Artist statement
In their artistic work Joran Yonis attempts to deconstruct the
construct of the binarity of gender and to uncover, visualize and
change the forms of marginalization and discrimination. Joran
Yonis`s art is always political – they want to stimulate
reflection, questioning, pausing and action. The works sometimes
want to confuse, always change, provoke, make visible, empower and
take a stand. With their work social norms are questioned –
sometimes loudly, sometimes quietly. They al-ways want to engange
with the viewer, create an echo in them, trigger something in them.
They are often provocative, but
always thoughtful.
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ἀσθένημαThe performance ἀσθένημα (2018) is about power and
power-lessness. The visitors are confronted with their own fear and
the consequences of their powerlessness which is triggered by the
situation of the unknown. In this situation visitors must behave
and make decisions about their actions or inactions.
Thereby they become performers themselves.
Co-Performer: Alina Santos Coelho
Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xIxuz6icdyj8o1007pddp-klYQIaw4_D_/view?usp=sharing
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ξένοςThe unknown has a fascinating and terrifyingly repulsive
effect on hu-mans. By encountering the unknown one becomes aware of
one‘s own ot-herness in oneself and the other. One reacts with
demarcation and hatred. There is a chance in the realization of
fear as one‘s own creation. The performance ξένος (2018) intervenes
in the dialogue between fear of the unknown and its emerging which
is created by oneself. The perfor-mance aims to make the viewer
reflect on their own fear. In reflection it wants to take the fear
of the unknown and oppose hatred with openness and appreciative
tolerance. Co-Performer: Bassl Hasan, Ella Malin Visse, Hannes
Campe, Lea Witt-kopf, Stefan TchernbocSound: Alina Santos
Coelho
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o.T.
The performance o.T. (2018) deals with the interior and the
exterior, the outsiders and the insiders, the produ-cers and the
consumers, the artists and their art. The art is not exhibited here
but the artists themselves are. Like in a shop window the artists
are presented, they are raised to the artwork itself and devalued
at the same time like merchandise.
Only a thin pane of glass separates the visitors from the
objects of interest. At the moment of eye contact the visitors and
the artists enter a re-ciprocal relationship. This contact
initiates the negotiation of a new space, a relational space in
which all participants have to behave, towards others and towards
themselves. In the unknown
counterpart they encounter their own.
In collaboration with Alina Santos Coelho and Ella Malin
Visse
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ῥύ*σις IIῥύ*σις II (2017) is a queer*feminist live perfor-mance
that aims to destroy the construct of the
binarity of gender.
The viewers are confronted with aesthetic and existentially
disturbing images at the same time. The performance plays with the
limits of binarity; blurs them, destroys them, blows them away
until they disappear. Restrict from social norms the performer trys
to free themself. The artist demands the audience to
act – to relate to them. They are confronted with the situation.
By doing so, the performance doesn`t want to disturb but to raise
awareness, to wake up, to make visible. The performance wants to
give the invisible the chance to be seen, it deals with the person
as a human beeing. Identity is the matter of concern, it doesn`t
want to create categories but to tear apart the
construction of binarity.
Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByfPhx7ouekDa0RRRUFKc0Y4RWc/view?usp=sharing
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major minorityRigid looks. Disgusted warped mouths.
In-comprehension coupled with scum and exo-ticization. In the work
major minority (2018), the attri-bution against the unknown, the
ambiguous – those who do not conform to the norm – is driven to the
extreme.
In reflective glances, visitors become aware of their own
strangeness and are prompt to question their world view. Low and
high values are renego-tiated, normative thinking is called into
question.
In collaboration with Alina Santos Coelho
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By interacting with the towels, the visitors become performers.
By acquiring a towel, the perfor-mance is led beyond the
exhibi-tion space into the public space. The visitor now performs
with the artwork in a swimming pool, on the beach, in a sauna, in a
ba-
throom.
In collaboration with Alina Santos Coelho
in_different The interactive room installation in_different
(2019) deals with the deconstruction of gen-der and socio-political
issues. Gendertrouble becomes a game of the moment. Conceptu-ally,
a dialogue develops between the known and the unknown, between the
inside and the outside, the visitors and the marginalized.
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Prints on towel at in_different
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Vita — Joran Yonis
*30.12.1992 in Mettingen
2013—20017 Bachelor in Art and Protestant Theology at the
University of Osnabrück 2017—2019 Master in Art and Protestant
Theology at the University of Osnabrück
Organization + curation of Young Urban Performances (YUP) f l u
e n t Lichte Momente (EMAF)
Contact [email protected]
https://www.instagram.com/joranyonis/
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Awards 2019 Kulturförderpreises der Evangelisch-lutherischen
Landeskirche Hannover
Solo exhibitions2019 In_different, Kunst Quartier/BBK Osnabrück
(collaboration with Alina Santos Coelho)
Selected Group exhibitions
2018 f l u e n t # 1, Osnabrück 2018 Young Urban Performances,
Kunsthalle Osnabrück
2018 Werkschau, Osnabrück (collaboration with Alina Santos
Coelho)
2018 Kulturnacht Osnabrück (collaboration with Ella Malin Visse
and Alina Santos Coelho)
2018 muar-Raum rückwärts, Felix-Nussbaum-Haus Osnabrück
2018 Carbonarium, Kiew (collaboration with Alina Santos
Coelho)
2018 Performensk, Minsk (collaboration with Alina Santos
Coelho)
2018 Sieben Sachen für 7000 Kilometer, Ulan-Ude
2018 „68 wird 50 - ein Mythos in der Midlife Crisis“,
Kunstverein Ahlen
2018 Performance Crossings, Prag (collaboration with Alina
Santos Coelho)
2017 Wärmeflasche, Berlin
2017 Young Urban Performances, Haus der Jugend Osnabrück
2016 Konfliktlandschaften, Kunsthalle Osnabrück
2016 bbk playground, Kunst Quartier/BBK Osnabrück
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Curated exhibitions/festivals
2019 Lichte Momente (EMAF/European Media Art Festival),
Osnabrück
2019 Young Urban Performances Festival,
Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Museumsquatier Osnabrück and Haus der
Jugend
2018 f l u e n t # 1, Osnabrück
2018 Young Urban Performances Festival, Kunsthalle Osnabrück and
Haus der Jugend
2018 muar-Raum rückwärts, Felix-Nussbaum-Haus Osnabrück
2017 Young Urban Performances Festival, Haus der Jugend
Osnabrück
more info: https://www.youngurbanperformances.de/
https://www.lichtemomente-osnabrueck.de/
https://www.instagram.com/fluentartsproject/
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Design of a print on towel
