MARUCHIS DEL MUNDO

2011-12-18T21:56:00.001-08:00

Who are we?

We are 6 girls, 6 friends, 6 young artists that lives in 6 different locations around the world. Every month we come together in a symbolic way: a monthly theme on which we work, and is developed by each freely.

Susanne Irene Fjørtoft
Current location: Bergen, Norway

Irene León
Current location: Gran Canaria, Spain.

Francis Siegrist
Current location: Oslo, Norway.

Claudia Asensi
Current location: Bilbao, Spain.

Eda Gecikmez
Current location: Istanbul, Turkey.

Mari Ishiwata
Current location: Tokyo, Japan.

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Seasonal Guest Maruchis:

2011 Autumn Maruchi:

Taiye Idahor
Current location: Lagos, Nigeria

2011 Summer Maruchi:

Loleilola
Current location: Madrid, Spain

2011-12-18T21:54:00.000-08:00

December:

"movement"

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Finally came Taiye Idahor from Nigeria to Japan!

-Taiye and me in our new "tea ceremony"

with our new "traditional dress" on-

Mari Ishiwata

Yokohama 2011

to walk, have a look, browse...

Portobello movement. London.

Claudia Asensi

Tenerife 2011.

2011-12-18T21:50:00.000-08:00

November:

“Rodin’s Kiss”

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"Kiss My White Hair Gently"

Mari Ishiwata

Takasago 2012

2011-10-26T02:18:00.000-07:00

October:

what I ate on October 20th morning

Mari Ishiwata

Yokohama 2011

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Claudia Asensi

Tenerife 2011

Irene León

Canary Islands 2011

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Francis // Oslo 2011

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2011-09-06T05:20:00.000-07:00

September: "Our daily colour"

with our Seasonal guest Maruchi (autumn) Taiye from Nigeria

Women love colour!

...And by the way I thought I hated pink.

Taiye Idahor

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REDtotheRED
totheGREENtotheGREENtothe
PURPLEtothePURPLE

Mari Ishiwata
2011, Ishiwata Biennale in Yokohama, Japan

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colourful or not..

edagecikmez
2011~istanbul

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Magic accidents...

Irene León

Canary Islands 2011

...transparency in daily life...

Francis // Oslo 2011

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WINE wood GLASS courgette METAL

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All is colour: Dialy life colour.

Clau. BILBAO

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2011-08-19T06:46:00.000-07:00

August:

"Documentation of a walking trip"

by Clau

Walking near home i found.../

Caminando cerca de casa encontré...

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Cow shit 100% Organic

/Caca de vaca 100% Orgánica

A wheel barrow & differents tools

/Una carretilla y diferentes herramientas

Crops/Cultivos

Snails/Caracoles

Several packaging waste

/desechos de envases

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*And you? What might you find if you take a walk?

Irene León-2011

Canary Islands

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Trip of Walking

edagecikmez
2011~istanbul

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GREEN IS THE COLOR THAT I LOOK FOR
Mari Ishiwata
2011 Yokohama JAPAN

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Francis
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Oslo 2011

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2011-07-15T14:23:00.000-07:00

July

scenographies of every day life

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Afternoon needlework

Irene León
2011-Madrid

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citage = city + stage // city as a stage.

(click to enlarge)

2011~istanbul
edagecikmez

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YOKOHAMA
SÃO PAULO
YOKOHAMA
SÃO PAULO
YOKOHAMA

MARI ISHIWATA
2011 july

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Bergen, Norway, 22/7/11

Bergen, Norway, 25/7/11

Susanne

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This month I am not going to share any images.

I have been thinking over and over about my every day scenography.

This month I don’t have a camera. I have to get a new one.

I have been walking through the city, taking pictures with my phone (old phone – bad quality picture, not a nice fancy hig-tec phone).

Nothing convinces me…

I got some figures; I placed them in different locations around the city.

I liked the feeling, but I don’t like the pictures.

For this month theme, I just walked.

I walked the around the city. I saw many scenographies… many new ones.

I walked and walked… I walked and walked…

Francis

Oslo 2011

Scenographies of everyday life

by Clau. Spain

2011-06-07T11:00:00.000-07:00

With our lovely Seasonal Guest Maruchi : Loleilola

June topic:

the
"COMPLAINT"

(I did a fast sketch now at home)

A complaint on the underground (11:12)

I get on the subway and there is a woman(she looks a bit gypsy and today was the voice of conscience)about fifty-five years angrily shouting about how bad it was to have entered the European community...

-"Damn time that we join the European community" She said.

Continued saying that we are been slaves of the system, that they don´t care about the people, that we have to communicate each other, express what we think...

And i just want to say people is alive!

Irene León

2011-Madrid

NEW Summer.OLD Stereotypes

My complaint:

Why an image of a women get down on all fours is used to announce a perfume?

Why woman held by a man with her legs open is an attractive of consume?

These images are in all bus stops of Bilbao

On the other side of the same support there are an add over gender violence.

by Clau

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Documentation: Naysa Andrade

By Francis
Oslo // 2011

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Mari Ishiwata

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2011~istanbul

edagecikmez

Seasonal Maruchis!!!

2011-06-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

From June 2011 we introduce a new project to our blog.

The seasonal Maruchis

This means that every season we will invite a new Maruchi to work with us for three month.

- Summer Maruchi: June, July, August
- Fall Maruchi: September, October, November
- Winter Maruchi: December, January, February
- Spring Maruchi: March, April, May

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And we really welcome our first seasonal Maruchi:

Summer Maruchi 2011: from Madrid: Loleilola!!!

Loleilola, will choose the theme for June, and this is her proposal:

I've been thinking about the theme for the month of June a lot .

Since it is a great responsibility!
But after all I've come to the conclusion that now could not be better time to put the theme "COMPLAINT".
All this has an explanation.
Since i reamember I've heard in my house complaints. Especially from my grandmother, who thought they would be isolated but over the years I've discovered that it was not. The complaint is something that somehow characterizes society where I grew up. And in Spain, people complain a lot.A friend of mine allways said that "we are a nonconformist by nature", but i´m not sure if it is a way of being or vice.

But I realized that all these complaints become just words. Sounds in the wind.
I believe in fighting art, social and mirror of what we live or what we feel. What better way to express certain things through artistic expression.

On the other hand I've noticed that for about a year or two, all around me regardless of where and with whom were the same complaints were heard.
And after so much unrest in complaint, everything has exploded so much frustration in a peaceful popular complaint unanimous. This has caused the stagnant energies and complaints will become a social movement. This situation make me feel a deep happiness, because in my souldness i was feeling a big stop frustrating that made me so difficult express my self witht art. But we must not forget our essence.

That's why I invited you to unleash "The complaint." From the smallest things of your everyday life, to major disasters.

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And we really welcome our second seasonal Maruchi:

Autumn Maruchi 2011: from Lagos, Nigeria: Taiye Idahor!!!

Taiye will choose the theme for September, and this is her proposal:

I have finally come up with a topic for September. Its "our daily colour".

Daily we are confronted with different kinds of people, objects and nature, which all exist in many different colours, and sadly a lot of times we really do not take note of most of them apart from the obvious and bold ones.

So the question is do we really love the colours we claim we do, by searching through our stuff and finding just one item that is in sync with that colour we say we love. Can the colour of my room and the stains on it tell a story of my past, does the colour of one's skin really matter when we pick our friends, what colours are particular to our home or state or country can certain colours identify a particular region of the world or a particular person or even a point in time?! I'm just wondering...

Do we see colours with only our eyes, can we feel them, can we smell them?

Talking about colours and what we see, here are the lyrics to Louis Armstrong's "what a wonderful world"

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

So lets see some colours ladies!

- Taiye Idahor

2011-05-18T09:57:00.000-07:00

May: "Waiting..."

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Waiting for the bird to fly...

By Francis
Oslo // 2011

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"Everything can arrive"

Claudia

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Wedding itself is not the matter.
I want my "normal daily life".
結婚そのものは大した問題ではなくて、
私がほしいのは「ふつうの生活」なのよ。

Mari Ishiwata

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ada sahillerinde bekliyorum (I am waiting you at ısle's coast)
by hamiyet yüceses

edagecikmez
2011~istanbul

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Waiting - self portrait
Susanne Irene Fjørtoft
Bergen 2011

april 2011

2011-04-10T09:19:00.000-07:00

April: "Change"

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By Francis

Oslo // 2011

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"quakes"

TRANSITION TIME
By Claudia

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test-ist

edagecikmez
2011~istanbul

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Change (Test) from Irene León on Vimeo.

An afternoon reflection about the concept of "change", human actions consequences, earthquake, ...

(Stopmotion + real capture)

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I appreciate that all over the world is taking care of "JAPAN", since it happened 1 month ago. / But you never know how it changed inside of my heart. / I don't know how to explain. /But WHAT IS "JAPAN"? / Sakura (cherry blossom) is full-bloom right now, anyway. / You never know how much I love it. / We have earthquake, because it is where we live. / We have full-bloom sakura, because it is where we live.

13 APRIL, Yokohama, Japan
Mari Ishiwata

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Constructions of metal and concrete drag along thick, black tentacles that suck and spill and slosh while their huge feet crush and demolish. I live in a house on a hillside and I throw some breadcrumbs from my window to feed them. The tall creatures bend their long necks down to carefully eat from my hand and their metal beaks pinch the soft skin inside my palm. The earth quackes and shivers for every step they take as the hurd keeps moving towards the inland leaving my city burning orange, purple and black down below.

Imagining things as I look out my window.
Susanne, Bergen 2011.

2011-04-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

Crocheting/Ganchillo...

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No soy un friqui de la vida

solo tejo como Penélope un destino que resbala

si en invierno se resfría el sino de mis días

al menos podré ponerle una bufanda de arcoíris

El que quiera conocer mi rostro

que mire la lana que apuntalan mis agujas

ellas pican,

mis ojos no

Draw/dibujo: Israel Jiménez

Text/texto: Ana Valín

Double theme... (busy month):

2011-02-14T04:10:00.000-08:00

February / March: "Mother"

MotherMarta

"Water ties"/ Lazos de agua

Marta, maruchis mum.

by Claudia

"Mother"

Mari Ishiwata

Click on the image to enlarge

Mother from Irene León on Vimeo.

Irene León

Canary Islands

saturday mothers / cumartesi anneleri they just want their children alive! but all are disappeared!!!

Since May 1995 relatives of people who “disappeared” in police custody have been holding a weekly vigil in central Istanbul, demanding that the authorities account for the fate of their loved ones. They are known as the Saturday Mothers, since they gather every Saturday at midday in front of Galatasaray High School in Istiklal Street, holding pictures of their “disappeared” sons, daughters, husbands, wives, fathers, brothers.*

*info from http://serpilodabasiresimleri.blogspot.com/ edagecikmez 2011~istanbul

display 11 - irene leon

2011-01-31T11:36:00.000-08:00

irene leon

Dis-play, showcase of advanced music and related arts from Canary Islands, will be present at Transmediale 11, the most important festival for digital media that will take place in different locations of Berlin from January 28th until February 6th.

This project, supported by the Government of Canary Islands through its program Canarias Crea and Instituto Cervantes, will offer different activities like exhibitions, concerts and interactions between Canary islands and Berlin artists.

Neurospasta. an audio-visual exhibition part of the Transmediale 2011 official program that will take place at Instituto Cervantes Berlín from january 28 untill february 6 including works by Cristina Ruano, Irene Leon, Amanda Lopez, Cynthia Rodriguez and Luis Ortiz

Neurospasta is the new work from LOD conceived as an album, exhibition, and multichannel live performance with the collaboration of video artists, plastic artists, choreographer, musitians and interior designers that contribute with their personal interpretation of Neurospasta, a term used by the Greeks in antiquity to refer to puppets.

The exhibition opening will take place on january 28 at 19:00 and it will include a multichannel live performance by LOD and Carmelo Fernández taking the audience to a new multi-sensorial experience. By covering the eyes of the listeners with masks and by moving different sound sources around the room each person will get a unique experience from the live interpretation of Neurospasta.

Right after the exhibition opening, Canarias Crea Dis-play will present 3 audio visual concerts by Juan Matos Capote, Bas y Robert Lippok + Enrique Cárdenes that will take place on the Instituto cervantes auditorium. These performances will be part of the Digital Arts and Sound (DAS) Weekend, a Transmediale 11 presentation event that will take place on different venues from Berlin.

http://www.dis-play.es/

2011-01-27T05:50:00.000-08:00

Our first homemade soap

Different scents: Orange Blossom, Rosemary, mint, olive oil & clay.

//Maruchis are Self-sufficient//

Carmela´s Footprint

Old habits...

...always ecological

"Carmela has never went out of Granada,

but she thinks in everybody"....

2011-01-25T16:00:00.000-08:00

sexual warfare,1975

2011-01-24T00:46:00.000-08:00

Physical Details: photographic print: 1 item: b&w; 21 x 17 cm.

Creator: Alexis Hunter, photographer

Description: Photographs show the hands of feminist photographer, Alexis Hunter, demonstrating 18 methods of killing a male partner.
Identification on verso: "Sexual Warfare" 1975; Alexis Hunter series of 18 colour photographs.

Forms part of: Lucy R. Lippard papers 1940s-2006

Citation: Sexual Warfare, 1975 / Alexis Hunter, photographer. Lucy R. Lippard papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

"Invite a friend for dinner"

2011-01-19T02:47:00.000-08:00

January: "Invite a friend for dinner"
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Sr Premiere make me lose all my work again :(

I did a sketch

Click to enlarge the image

Irene León
Canary Islands - 2011

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"Inviting friends to my lonely dinner"
Mari Ishiwata
Yokohama, Japan 2010

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I have many nice friends!
I would like to invite them all to dinner!!
But this time I want to invite some of my best friends...

... Chocolate cookies...

... They are there for me, when I am happy, excited, sad, tired, angry...

I invite them for dinner: cauliflower and asparagus soup & mixed salad with cottage cheese and balsamico...

They are my very best friends...
They are the "Chocolate therapy"
:)

By Francis
Oslo// 2011

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"yemekteler"
(they are eating)

this video made by images of tv show "yemekteyiz"(it means -we are at the dinner- but aldo it means- we are eating- I change the title yemekteler as they are eating instead of they are at the dinner- word playing:)

edagecikmez
2011/istanbul

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IMAGINARY DINNER

At the performance festival Never or Now in Bergen I was suddenly, as Raccoon, face to face with a crocodile-dinosaur. He was green, knitted and big. I invited him for dinner, but he turned down the offer saying he was too busy at the moment. So instead I had a how-it-would-have-been dinner with him.

We would agree by SMS to meet at the blue rock, the place where everybody who has not met before meets. I would be there first and I would recognize him very early. He would walk towards me in a very nonchalant way, and I would be measuring internally how enthusiatically to introduce myself. Kindof decide on what should be my basic energy-level.

I would politely introduce myself and he would say 'hello ehm.. Susanne was it?'. And then I would answer 'yes, but please, call me Raccoon', because I would want the meeting to be between him and Raccoon and not me.

We would look at each other and then look around a bit as if trying to catch a glimpse of what should happen next until I would say 'Yes, so... Let's go to this café up here, it has great food'. And then we would walk side by side up the street.

We would make polite conversation about what we are doing in our every day life, and I would ask how it feels to be a crocodile-dionosaur. Then I would share my experience of being a Raccoon, and we would walk the last little bit in silence. Outside the restaurant I would say 'here it is, let's go in', and he would walk up to the door and hold it open for me to enter. There would be a lot of people inside, but one table by the wall would be free for us to sit down by.

By the table we would continue to talk about every day stuff like what we like to eat and what we like to do, and then we would find something we had in common. We would both smile and say 'hey, that's cool' and loose a bit what to say next and smile and eat some more. After a while I would tell him about the Maruchi-project and the blog and that this is the reason why I had the guts to invite him for dinner.

After telling him about the Maruchis I would ask him if I could take a picture of me and him in the restaurant and make sure it would be ok for him to be posted on the Maruchi blog. He would say yes, and afterwards I would go home to write about our meeting and post the picture of the two of us on the blog. Then I would send him a link so that he could look at it as well.

Raccoon and Mr. crocodile-dinosaur
Bergen 2011

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New maruchi!!!

2011-01-14T04:07:00.000-08:00

We would like to introduce you our new maruchi!

Welcome Susanne Irene // BeRgEn MaRuChI

This is a little story...

... about the BeRgEn MaRuChI.

... she lives on top of a hill. The newspaper declared it the steepest hill in the entire city, and she walks it every day. Sometimes really fast and sometimes almost as slow as a snail. In times like now, when it is winter, when rain is flowing from the sky on top of layers of snow, it makes some people walking the hill go Wheeee!

On top of the hill there is a long stone staircase. Then there is another stone staircase and after that three more wooden staircases that take her to her front door. It is blue and white, and when she comes this far she usually smells like wet sheep because all her clothes are made from wool.
nside of the blue and white door is a tight little hallway. It is lit by an emergency-exit-sign she made for a performance about grown up men and very, very young girls. It reminds her, in all parts of her life, that she always has a choice, and she can always just say 'no'.

er favorite shoes were a pair of brown Timberland mountain boots until they were completely worn out. But she still keeps them in her shelf, and often wear them when she takes Raccoon for walk because they fit perfectly.
Raccoon is her to-become-animal. He is a manifestation of a life-philosophy and he takes many different forms. Drawings, collages, writings or objects. But the most usual form is a full body suit with ears and a stripy tale which she takes out for a walk sometimes. Once Raccoon took a walk from her studio to the grocery store and collected smiles. He got 35,5 smiles and one wink in 30 minutes. (The half one was by a man who gave him a smiling kind of look, but did not smile with his mouth.)
One thing that the Bergen Maruchi loves most about her home is that it as no straight angles. Everything is made from wood, all walls are angled inwards and all windows are in the roof giving light from above (except when it is snow and all windows are covered with white). She loves her flat both summer and winter...

...but when the summer-sun shines in through her window and cast it's light through her spring-green curtain it DOES seem a bit more like something from a fairy-tale. In summer she can see sky and green trees through the window above her bed and sometimes imagine the green leaves as figures jumping and dancing and fighting in the wind.

In her living room, which is also her studio, you find her second companion. The dead horse. This was a journey she took when creating a performance called 'Riding a Dead Horse' with four actors. For the piece she wanted a horse's head that could be worn as a mask, so she made a plaster cast from the skinned head of a newly dead race-horse. She worked on it for hours while it got cold and ever so slowly stiffened into Rigor Mortis between her hands. The dead horse now optimistically smiles at her every day, looking quite proud with it's new princess-crown, reminding her that sometimes even dead horses can take you far if you just ride them hard enough.

Big hugs from Susanne.

2010-12-12T02:21:00.000-08:00

December: "Consumerism in Christmas"

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edagecikmez
2010~istanbul

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"NORMAL DAY"

YOKOHAMA / 2010 DECEMBER
I just started to live in an old house with a friend of mine. The house is where my grandparent lived before. They now live in a nursing home and the house has been avandoned. I made a bouquet from the flowers in the garden, as a christmas gift for my grandparent.

Mari Ishiwata

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By Francis

Oslo
2010//2011

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Susanne
2010
Gran Canaria -postcards for home

2010-11-15T08:14:00.000-08:00

November: "Something I do every day"

21.11.2010

-daily guess I-

looking
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everyday
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emotions
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edagecikmez

istanbul~2010

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Compost

Be in my Studio

Chasing my cat (La niña)

Read the history of my Grandfather to my cat (Manchita)

And...

Something I do everyday... from Irene León on Vimeo.

By Irene León

Canary Islands // 2010

19.11.2010

-daily guess I-

looking

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emotions

edagecikmez

istanbul~2010

...every day...

Time goes slow
Time goes fast
The same thing
One day goes slow
One day goes fast

But in the end
it ends up in the same place

Something I do every day... from FRANCIS SIEGRIST on Vimeo.

Video Sketch

Francis
// Oslo//
2010

I AM THINKING EVERYDAY, SUCH SERIOUSLY.
毎日たいへん真剣に考えている。

MARI ISHIWATA - イシワタマリ

Yokohama, Japan / 2010

2010-10-13T03:03:00.000-07:00

October: VIEW of/over...

View over... the first snow
It snowed in Oslo form the night of the 21th to the 22nd of October.

Snow II

Videos without edition...sorry!

By Francis
Oslo // 2010

View of Men
By Mari Ishiwata
Osaka Japan // 2010

view of autumn

edagecikmez

2010~istanbul

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View of... from Irene León on Vimeo.

"View of an event in two parts"

By Irene León

Canary Islands//2010

2010-09-03T03:01:00.000-07:00

September: Bitter

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Materials: Spinach leafs, eggplant, cabbage, unsweeted cacao powder, coffee powder, zucchini, jasmin tea balls, green olives, lined grapefruit.

"Bitter taste is composed of Air and Ether and is light, cooling, and dry by nature. It is found in green leafy vegetables (such as spinach, kale, and green cabbage), other vegetables (including zucchini and eggplant), herbs and spices (like turmeric, fenugreek, and dandelion root), coffee, tea, unsweetened chocolate, and certain fruits (such as grapefruits, olives, and bitter melon). While Bitter taste is often not appealing alone, it stimulates the appetite and helps bring out the flavor of the other tastes. Bitter taste is a powerful detoxifying agent, and has antibiotic, anti-parasitic, and antiseptic qualities. It is also helpful in reducing weight, water retention, skin rashes, fever, burning sensations and nausea".

By Francis

Oslo // 2010

Bitter & sweet reality

2010 Yokohama Japan

Mari Ishiwata

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Bitter art fight!!!
Gran news from Istanbul art life:

PRESS RELEASE FOR THE ATTACKS ON TOPHANE ART GALLERIES IN ISTANBUL

In an organized attack on art galleries in the Tophane neighbourhood of Istanbul, guests attending exhibition openings were physically assaulted in a lynch attempt by a gang of 40-50 people. The audience subjected to this atmosphere of total terror featured artists, academicians, students, writers, local and international journalists and cultural attaches from consulates. The attackers used knives, batons, broken bottles and pepper spray. The injured include Polish, Dutch, German and English guests. We have witnessed for a time now the actions of a certain group to disrupt the openings, exhibitions and events of art galleries in Tophane and to create an atmosphere of intimidation. Galleries, artists and guests have been harassed and threatened numerous times. We know that these actions are carried out by a group organized via certain web sites and around certain localities in the neighbourhood. We have always had a strong bond of communication with all our neighbours, with children, parents and other commercial enterprises in the neighbourhood, and carried out community projects. We believe we are a part of the cultural and social scene in Tophane. These organized attacks cannot be attributed to the Tophane community. These assailants constitute a serious threat to the security of our neighbourhood. This organized attack in the centre of Istanbul, a cultural capital, is in no manner acceptable. This attack spells a clear and genuine warning to all art institutions. A serious investigation into the organizers and perpetrators of this attack is necessary for the safety of our neighbourhood and city. Participants in protests against the IMF had previously been attacked in a similar manner in what can only be described as a lynching attempt. However, this attack remained uninvestigated, providing an instance of encouragement for the groups carrying out such violent attacks. We believe these attacks can be prevented if the governor’s office, the police forces and political parties treat this incident with appropriate sensitivity. Failing that, such incidents will take on more perilous proportions and form a grave threat for the social and cultural life of our city.

Tophane galleries, artists and art audience

Tophane galleries"

edagecikmez

Bitter from Irene León on Vimeo.

Bitter & Ephemeral existence

(sketchy)

2010 Irene León

Canary Islands

2010-08-02T17:31:00.000-07:00

July - August: Sun

"sun of my weekend"

2010~tekirdağ

edagecikmez

... un rayo de sol oh oh oh...
(... a sunshine oh oh oh...)

Enjoying the norwegian summer weather!!

Sunshine over the Oslofjord
(view from my job!)

Flowers + sun outside my door

ketchup & mustard sun on my feet standing out in the grass
(finnaly found a good use for these two sauces!!)

by Francis

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"color of sun, tasete of sun"

"hinomaru(=circle of the sun)" : the flag of the nation where I was born and grew up

"hinomaru bento(=lunch box of hinomaru)" : the typical food of where I was born and grew up

Mari Ishiwata

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"sun of my window"

2010~istanbul

edagecikmez

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"Eating the summer sun"

By Irene

2010-06-17T14:35:00.000-07:00

June: Neighbors

"NEIGHBORHOOD"
Mari Ishiwata in Tokyo, Shinjuku

NEIGHBORHOOD from ISHIWATAMARICHANNEL on Vimeo.

París Stories...

Click to enlage the images

By Irene*

"Sorry, do you know if there is a girl called Franzisca Siegrist living here?"
Looking for myself in my building...

Untitled from FRANCIS SIEGRIST on Vimeo.

when I heard about the word "neighbor",
it makes me remember many proverbs...

edagecikmez
2010~istanbul

2010-05-31T11:31:00.000-07:00

Who are we?

Susanne Irene Fjørtoft
Current location: Bergen, Norway

Irene León
Current location: Gran Canaria, Spain.

Francis Siegrist
Current location: Oslo, Norway.

Claudia Asensi
Current location: Bilbao, Spain.

Eda Gecikmez
Current location: Istanbul, Turkey.

Mari Ishiwata
Current location: Tokyo, Japan.

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Seasonal Guest Maruchis:

2011 Autumn Maruchi:

Taiye Idahor
Current location: Lagos, Nigeria

2011 Summer Maruchi:

Loleilola
Current location: Madrid, Spain

2010-05-28T22:24:00.000-07:00

May // Mayo: Break // Romper

...the video will be uploaded soon...

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...he used to talk to me about his problems at home,
but he didn´t realize what he was doing with my eardrum...

(Click on the image to enlage)
By Irene

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"Rompiendo el leguaje cotidiano"

"Breaking the everyday language"

Mmm lvto

Vyya mr-mr y mpng ls lntillsss

Bb-ooo nvso dgua y-y desa-y-uno

Mmmmmmm visto y no visto

Ecndo l-the rdnadrrr-h-h-hgo tras

Voy - voy ac-mprr agua y papel

(water and paper)

Frie-frie(go) npc dlsss-a

Hbl – l –l with mprja-lll

Env crrrs - lctrnnnnncs

Pre – pre - paro mscssss

Cjabic, vyl fcltd - a - n ttría

Hablo (I talk)

cnm

ttrcrrgms – gms –gms - gms vrstxts

Vy yv vy yv vy

a cmr, m ncntrcn N

Viv viv vis a la ltmls dprfrmnc dlño

Re errr re errr grs csn bcg bcg bcg

Cmn ygr?

hbloon mprja

Empzo scrbrr – r - r...

By Francis

Romper / Break / 壊す

MARIISHIWATA of MARIISHIWATA
from
ISHIWATAMARICHANNEL on Vimeo.

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istanbul ~2010

edagecikmez

2010-05-25T07:59:00.000-07:00

"Norwegian women spend three times as many hours on housework than men do."

(Read the article)

2010-04-14T18:51:00.000-07:00

Maruchi´s t-shirt designs

2010-04-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

En épocas de crisis la mejor opción es alquilar tu habitación y crearte tu "mini hogar nómada" en cualquier lugar de la casa.

Esta vez en la bañera...

(click on the images to enlarge)

Step 1. Aclarado de Ideas. Rinsing.

2010-04-13T04:04:00.000-07:00

"maruchi"

2010~istanbul

edagecikmez

brand new!

2010-04-12T09:12:00.000-07:00

"great brand of a maruchi"

2010~istanbul
edagecikmez

The adventures of Pepito Papita: Ski på fjelle

2010-04-12T09:07:00.000-07:00

Pepito Papita was created in the mountains of Norway.
All the materials he is made of were found in the norwegian cabin you can see above.

How to make tea on a old style oven?

2010-04-12T08:53:00.000-07:00

1. Make a good fire that keeps the room warm and cozy.
2. Wait about one hour for the oven to get really warm.
3. Put more wood...
4. Now the oven is ready to be used, even for cooking!
5. Put the water cooker on top.
6. Wait about 30 min (depends how good you made the fire).
7. Serve the hot water with the tea you love.

Maruchism

2010-04-11T15:16:00.000-07:00

edagecikmez
2011 ~istanbul

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Somos cinco, mujeres, jóvenes artistas, diferentes en carácter, procedencia, y gustos. Reunidas por el azar y la suerte, Mari de Japón, y Eda de Turkía amigas que, de visita en Valencia, se quedaron encantadas con la palabra "maruchis", pues así nos llamábamos entre nosotras las "residentes", amigas y compañeras de piso, de facultad y de batallas. Así, en una cocina, entre pimientos, café, naranjas, berenjenas, pimienta y té, surgió el proyecto "Maruchis del Mundo". Un blog que pretende ser punto de encuentro, que supere los kilómetros que nos separan, de intercambio y una manera de mantenernos activas en colectividad. Así con toda la humildad de las pequeñas cosas, del día a día, pasadas por el tamiz de la creatividad y de las ganas de repensar el mundo, nace Maruchis of the World, que finalmente será Maruchis del Mundo: ventana de encuentro, y puerta de acceso a todas la maruchis que nos quieran seguir.

By Claudia

私のマルッチズム "my 'Maruchism' "

私にとっての"Maruchis del Mundo(世界のマルッチ)"
イシワタマリ

「どうやってご飯を食べていくの？」
たくさんの人から言われてきたこの言葉は、私にとって小さからぬ壁であり足かせであり、そして素朴で善良な言葉でもあると思う。どうやってご飯を食べ、どこに住み、何を着るか。何を見て何を思い、どんなときにどんな顔をしどんな言葉を口にするか。日常をどう生きるか。「私は誰か」とはそういうことの集合体だと思う。

私と「マルッチ」との出会いは、私が主催する「イシワタビエンナーレ」の初回2009年の参加者である友人のフランシスを訪ねたバレンシアのとある台所で。フランシス、イレーネ、クラウディアという、スペインのカナリア諸島出身の女の子３人組が共同生活を送るこのアパートでは、料理や掃除、洗濯などを率先してやる相手（独占してやりすぎる相手）に対して「マルッチ！」と呼び合っていた。「マルッチ」はスペイン女性の典型的な名前であるマリア（あるいはマリアがつく名前、マリア・デル・カルメン、マリアナ・・・など）の愛称。そこから、「マルッチ」といえば家事に従事する世話好きの伝統的なお母さんの姿が連想されるそうだ（少なくともこの娘たち３人にとっては）。そこにトルコからのエダと日本からの私が加わって、５人の女の子たちが互いを「マルッチ！」「マルッチ！」と呼び合いながらわいわいがやがや生活した。ご飯をつくるのも、もちろん食べるのも、後片付けするのも掃除も洗濯するのも干すのも取り込むのも何もかも楽しかった。「マルッチ！今日のマルッチは私よ！」「マルッチ！私の仕事を取らないでよ！私が洗うから！！」みんなで世話を焼いたり焼かれたりしながら、いつも大笑いに笑った。

「芸術とはなにか」「芸術家として生きるとはどういうことか」に縛られ、そのことの孤独に傷つき、悩んできた。これからも悩み続けるのだろうし、自分がいいと思うものを追求するのはときに孤独なプロセスでもあると思う。でも、私はけっきょく、不幸な孤高の芸術家として生きるよりも幸せな小さなひとりの人間として生きたい。そこで課題は何を持ってして幸せと思うか、幸せのために何を選び何を捨てるかだと思う。その答えは、おもしろくもおかしくもないかもしれない日常の、ちいさな所作の中にいつも隠されていると思う。

“おもしろき　ことなきこの世を　おもしろく”（幕末の武士・高杉晋作の句）

あるいは単純に

”VIVA LA VIDA”（スペイン語で人生万歳）

"Maruchis del Mundo(Maruchis of the World)" for Me
Mari Ishiwata

“How do you think to eat (by doing your art)?”
This is the question that many people asked me. This must be by simple & harmless motivation, however, it made me feel that there was a big wall & a shackle for me.
How do I eat? Where do I live? How do I wear myself? What do I feel about what? What kind of face & words do I have in which situation? HOW DO I LIVE MY DAILY LIFE?
… “WHO AM I?” must be the group of all these questions.

I met “Maruchis” in a kitchen in Valencia, where I visited my friend Francis, who was a participant of my project “Ishiwata Biennale” in 2009. In this appartment which is shared by 3 girls from Canaria Island of Spain – Francis, Irene and Claudia, they called each other “Maruch!” to who worked too much of cooking, cleaning, washing... etc.
According to them, “Maruchi” is a nickname of typical Spanish women who are named such as “Maria”, “Maria del Carmen”, “Mariana”..... So this nickname could bring some association of “typical women” who dadicate to house work & take care of people like a typical mother.
Now there joined Eda from Turkey and me from Japan, we spent time pleasantly together, calling each other “Maruchis!” “Maruchis!”. Whatever made me feel life pleasant, such as cooking, ofcouse eating, cleaning and washing... “Maruchi! It's me to be today's Maruchi!” “Maruchi” Don't take my work away! I can wash it!!”... Working together, taking care and Being taken care each other, we laughed a lot.

I have been stuck with “What is art?” “What does it mean to live as an artist?”. I have been thinking over and over, hurt by its lonliness. I would continue thinking over about it, and sometime it must be lonely to investigate what I really believe. However, after all, I would rather prefer to live my life as a happy-small human, than living as a unhappy-lonely-great artist. The question then is “What is happiness for me?” and “What do I chose/throw away for my own happiness?” And the answer should be always hidden in my daily life, which doesn't look spectacle nore funny at all.

“omoshiroki kotonaki konoyo o omoshiroku”
( poem by Shinsaku Takasugi, one of the last Samurai in 19th century )
if I need to... I'd translate: change your world pleasantly, as if this boring world is something pleasant.

Or simply,

“VIVA LA VIDA”
(It is such a famos phrase in Spanish but how do you say in English? “Life!!!! Yoohooo!!!!!!” ?)

Maruchi er...

// å høre på musikk // å nyte stillhet // å jobbe i butikk // kunstneriske prosjekter // sko med høye hæler // nytt undertøy // gammelt undertøy // regn, regn og masse mer regn // en gammel komfyr som tar evigheter å varme // en vannkoker // å alltid huske nøklene // to svarte katter i nabolaget som ser helt like ut og du er aldri helt sikker på om det er den samme katten eller ikke // mange trehus // godstog og vanlige tog // den samme stupide grafittien som sier ‘bad attidude’ hver gang du går forbi // sanger på hjerna // å leve alene // å leve sammen med noen // å sende flørtende sms til en kjærlighet langt unna // å kjøpe ferdigmat // å bestemme seg for å prøve noe nytt // å se inn butikkvinduer på vei hjem // å lade ipoden // å tenke på å ta en tur på fjellet // å ta en tur på fjellet // å lure på om du skal ta med en paraply eller ikke // å ringe en venn og snakke med handsfree // å ringe en venn og ønske du hadde kjøpt en handsfree // å google noe // å se på himmelen // å spise brød // å glemme å ta med ryggsekk // å bruke femten minutter på å bestemme hvilken tannkrem du skal kjøpe // å laste ned et nytt spill // et hus uten rette vinkler // friskt vann fra springen // å høre på vinden ule og varmovnen si tinc-tinc // store flokker av kråker som sirkler over huset // duer som spiser brødsmuler i parken // å ringe mamma og pappa // å drømme om fremtiden // å være arbeidsledig // å ha for mye å gjøre // å føle seg liten i en stor verden // å gå på teater // å skifte dekk og spylerveske i ny og ne // å betale regninger // å håpe at laptopen ikke dør helt enda selv om den viser tegn på trøtthet // å tenne lys // å se tilfeldige youtubevideoer // å se etter mat i kjøleskapet som du vet ikke er der frodi du ikke har satt det der // morsome gardiner // å finne opp noe nytt // å være macho // å gå på byen // store hager // bestikk // Susanne.

Maruchi is...
// to listen to music // to enjoy silence // to work in a store // artistic projects // high heeled shoes // to wear new underwear // to wear old underwear // lots and lots and lots of rain // an old stove that takes for ages to heat // a waterboiler // to always remember the keys // two black cats in the neighborhood that look the same and you are never certain if it is the same cat or not // many wooden houses // freight-trains and normal trains // the same stupid grafiti saying 'bad attidude' every time you pass // songs stuck on your brain // to live alone // to live toghether with someone // to send flirty messages to a love far away // to buy easy-to-cook-meals // to decide to try something new // to windowshop on your way home // to charge the ipod // to think about taking a walk in the mountain // to walk in the mountain // to wonder if you should bring an umbrella or not // to call a friend and talk with a handsfree // to call a friend and wish you had brought a handsfree // to google something // to look at the sky // to eat bread // to forget to bring a rucksack // to use fifteen minutes to decide which toothpaste to buy // to download a new game // a house with no straight angles // fresh water from the tap // to listen to wind howling and heaters tinck-tinckling while cooling down in wintertime // big flocks of crows circling overhead every evening // doves eating breadcrumbs in the park // to call mum and dad // to dream about the future // to be unemployed // to have too much to do // to feel small in a big world // to go to the theatre // to change tires and washer fluid every once in a while // to pay bills // to hope and pray your laptop is not dying even though it shows signs of tiredness // to light candles // to watch random youtube videos // to look for food in the fridge that you know isn't there because you didn't put it there // funny looking curtains // to invent something new // to be macho // to go out dancing // huge gardens // cutlery // Susanne.

VIVA LA VIDA

2010-04-10T07:38:00.000-07:00

Mari Ishiwata
april 2010 / Maruchis' kitchen (Valencia, Spain)

listening to
"Fly Me to the Moon" by Nat King Cole
"Fly Me to the Moon" by Sarah Vaughan

『こうやって "like this" - asi -』

2010-04-05T17:52:00.000-07:00

「君、いったいどうやってご飯を食べていくつもりなんだね？」
"How do you think that you can eat by doing your 'art'?"
-¿Como piensas que puedes comer haciendo tu "arte"? -

麻
by Mari

2010-04-05T15:45:00.000-07:00

Te invito a sacarte la foto más absurda que puedas en la cocina, en el baño o donde sea.

pimientos al escáner

2010-04-05T10:37:00.000-07:00

by Claudia

2010-04-05T10:35:00.000-07:00

Click to enlarge/ampliar la imagen

Bueno chicas, aquí "posteo" este primer proyecto realizado por Claudia Asensi: portadora y germinadora de las papas (patatas), Mari Ishiwata: editora de video, y yo: la diseñadora.
Pffffffff!!!!! jajajaja

How to germinate a potato in contemporary life....

1º Leave some quality potatoes in a place where you can not remember that you have them
2º Keep them in a wet place, somewhere like inside a plastic bag
3º Surprise! find them after some weeks
4º Be creative

...to be continued...

By Ire

Maruchis Viejas

2010-04-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

by Mari & Irene

Maruchis con patatas

2010-04-05T09:55:00.000-07:00

Valencia //Abril 2010

by Mari