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Basically is an ongoing live project whose exhibition format is a hybrid production space, lounge and schoolyard; a context in which to practice and perform. Nikima Jagudajev’s process-based collaborative practice is concerned with social forms, social relations as spatial relations and how we come together in a fulfilling and considerate way. The Perfomers call this practice re-schooling, or going to school again, as well as coming together and sharing affection. A reconstruction of what so many of us – some more than others – were deprived of as children: the laughter that fills the hallways between classes, the locker decorations and the secrets under the bleachers. Re-schooling requires the contribution of many artistic actors sharing their most passionate selves, weaving threads of relationships and building strong bonds with themselves and others. The performative exhibition begins on August 30 and ends on October 27, 2024 on level 4 of the mumok (Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien).
In summer 2024, mumok presented a jointly curated performance festival in cooperation with ImPulsTanz. Contemporary choreographers such as Trajal Harrell and others will not only occupy the gallery level with live performances, but will also work with curators Marianne Dobner and Christine Standfest to select historical film works from the mumok collections that have moved and shaped them in their …
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Image above: Nikima Jagudajev, Basically at Enter Art Fair, with: Matilda Cobanli, Lara Damaso, Nikima Jagudajev and Ezra Fieremans © Julie Nymann
