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Interventions on Frequency  | Chapter 03
curated  by danniel tostes and antoine schalk07.12.2023
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Limmatstrasse 270, Zürich
Göksu Kunak
Alexandra Sheherazade Salem



video documentation: Göksu Kunak Welcome to a degenerated utopia, a ticket to a society between times – and the losses it entails: AN(A)KARA is a sci-fi TV variety show hosted by Gucci Chunk a.k.a. Göksu Kunak that explores Turkey's late modernity with a particular focus on the city of Ankara, and the bodies of the neoliberal TV hosts that are like monumental statues as they embody nationalist ideologies, serving as instruments of propaganda. AN(A)KARA aims at toppling the statue of the young and athletic NEW MAN and replacing it with shapewear underwear. The performance also explores the shift in a concept of time: from kısmet, the idea that fate predetermines a person's path, to the clocked fast pace of modernity and the friction in between.

In AN(A)KARA memories and confusions of a Muslim child appear as voices and objects speaking from a past of the 1980s and 1990s. While the performance gives an overview of this distinctive era of Turkey, Göksu Kunak simultaneously addresses the clichés and clashes about the East-and-West and the ever-present (self-)censorship.

AN(A)KARA is a production by Göksu Kunak in coproduction with SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

Göksu Kunak (Ankara, 1985) is an artist, researcher and writer based in Berlin. Göksu’s interest lies in queer methodologies (especially chronopolitics) and hybrid texts that deal with the performative lingo(s) of contemporary lifestyles as well as non-Western/unorthodox dramaturgies





video documentation: Alexandra Sheherazade
My hair woke up horny as fuck is an exploration of body memory and desire, in which the movements, drawn from ancestral dances in relation to the earth and fertility, are transformed into a form of ritual and transcendent expression. By associating poetry to movement, and using symbols from her persian cultural heritage, such as the pomegranate, the mirror and the snake, the artist embodies an encounter between vulnerability and power, transporting us into the depths of emotions and sensuality as a transformative power.

This sonic collaboration is an exploration of the body’s memory and desire, taking you to a place where movement becomes a form of ritual and transcendent expression. Playing with different rhythms and intensities, it evokes an encounter between vulnerability and power, blurring the boundaries between a vibrant club and the intimacy of a bedroom. ven3mo believes in the transformative power of music. She uses sound as a vector to reconnect with some lost memories, places and parts of herself. This reconnection allows her to create games of coincidence and a personal mythology. Her playfield lies in heavy drums and sensual rhythms with the desire to thrill the senses.

Alexandra Sheherazade Salem is an artist, poet and performer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Writing and poetry form the core of her practice, which extends into the realms of performance, video, and installation. Her work revolves around the preservation of memory and the act of nurturing, in a search for the meaning of home.

Fatima Wegmann Guinassi is a Geneva-based artist, researcher, producer and DJ (aka ven3mo). She is interested in exploring notions of transformation and enchantment through an audiovisual practice intertwined with poetry, affective sounds and science fiction.

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