SÉRA HANGA
performance, photography & concept art
My work "On floating and leaving" is part of the group show "Bahnhof, Reisen, warten (u.s.w.)
at Wartsaal Wipkingen Zurich
13.12.2024 - 17.01.2025
with
Angela Baumgartner, Barbara Bietenholz, Aglaia Brändli, Bettina Diel, Myriam Gämperli, Radi Kahlo, Bruce Mueller, Patrick Roth, Stefanie Rübensaal, Hanga Séra, Pascal Sidler, Milva Stutz, Hulda Zwingli.
«MEMENTO MORI»
group show at gallery _artundweis
Lorrainestrasse 16, 3013 Bern
my photography "Sterblich schön" (mortally beautiful) is part of the show
Opening: Friday, 11. Oktober 2024, 5 p.m.
Closing event: 1st November 2024 5 p.m.
with Elisa Daubner, Lilian Frei, Donat Fritschy, Silvia Fuchs, Peter Gygax, Elsbeth Gyger, Sara Gysin, Pe Horber, Haviva Jacobson, Anna Kassadji, Lee Lichtenstein, Peter Polin, Marion Richter, Anna Schmid, Elisabeth Schneller, Hanga Séra, Sebastian Utzni, Christina Wendt, Wolfgang Zät, Leena Zihlmann.
Part of my work "3400km diary" can be seen at the group show "Why do I keep thinking?" Beletageartspace, Utoquai 41 8008 Zurich.
opening 31st May 2024 6-8 p.m.
closing event 16th August 2024 6-8 p.m.
It´s still a heartwarming & painful at the same time, to think about the process, which led to creating "3400km diary". I was chosen by @expotranskultur to be one of the artists of the project "Found in translation" 2022. The aim was translating migratory experiences into art. I met amazing Syrian writer Lucian S., whose story became the basis of my work.
The whole artwork had been shown Helmhaus Zürich 2022.
With Kirill Agafonov, Alexandra Carambellas, Murnau Den Linden, Isabelle Krieg, Hanga Séra, Felix Stöckle
10. July 2024
Central Park, New York
"We are capitalism"
performance
Photography: Anais Vouillamoz
Being in New York is being at the very heart of capitalism.
I‘ve spent days with walking and seeing and being amazed by the energy of this city.
At the same time, I saw the contradictions: the homeless people in the streets, the various realities of the different districts, the power of money.
I‘ve visited exhibitions of my most cherished artists, saw the artworks, which are breathing magic in and out.
And I understood that capitalism is not a principle, but a form of living organization, which we humans are forming. If we want to change, to do better, nobody else will do it for us.
We are capitalism.
29 - 30. June 2024
Küblis, Graubünden
Participatory planting project, based on Peter Trachsel's beautiful sentence "Ich probe das Scheitern / I try to fail".
I´ve sent the seeds of the marigold & camomille to 50 participants all over Switzerland, so we had been growing the plants in their homes for months.
We gathered at the end of June for 2 days to plant the seedlings.
on 29th June at 7 p.m.: reading of Birgit Kempker "Peter Trachsel - He supports himself and others through art", followed by a discussion about failure with cultural anthropologist and art researcher Michael Hiltbrunner, Birgit Kempker and Hanga Séra.
7. March 2024 18:00
opening of my solo show “NO”
at Material - Raum für Buchkultur,
Klingestrasse 23 8005 Zürich
opening speech of Antonella Barone / baronebreu.
I`m looking forward showing my last wall-based works.
Opening hours:
8 - 10. und 12 - 13. März 14:00-18:00
"Everything flows / Alles fliesst"
DUO-series with Hanga Séra und Naomi T. Salmon
9. February - 7. March 2024
Midissage am Mittwoch, 21. February 2024
17.00-21.00
Gleis 70, Hermetschloostr. 70 8048 Zürich, 6.Stock
Hanga Séra "Farewell" 2024 Film 5.5 min.
The public art action took place in the historical centre of Zurich, beginning at the Munster bridge, ending at Badi untere Letten.
A blank, white screen was charged with emotions and thought by the artist & the audience, which was let into the water to float away.
«Conversations with a Landscape»
Hanga Séra & Anaïs Vouillamoz
Nairs Lab, Stradun 386b, 7550 Scuol
Vernissage 16. november 2023 17.00-21.00
18.30 online live reading of Bettina Gugger
Finnisage 25. november 2023 17.00-20.00
with Anaïs Vouillamoz & Hanga Séra
selection of the photographies auf Vimeo
What happens if a performance artist and photographer get in touch with a landscape? What if the landscape is the beautiful Swiss Alps? The giant hills and soft green slopes of Graubünden with their different moods and tempers, with their sumptuous beauty and silent secrets are the counterparts of the performances of Hanga Séra. Her movements are corresponding with the shapes of the landscape. In other cases, the landscape challenges the artist, they don´t have to agree, since a conversation can include a confrontation and a debate as well. The performances can clash with the landscape, but hopefully a reconciliation will be achieved at the end. The very source of the performative improvisations is the landscape itself, its materials, shapes and textures, its light and its colors.
«Your breath is my home»
Beletage Artspace
Utoquai 41. 8008 Zürich
Vernissage 15. september 18.00-20.00
opening speech by Jeanette Weiss / Beletage Artsp. and Antonella Barone / baronebräu
Finnisage 10. november
publication "Your breath is my home"
with Naomi Tereza Salmon
Hanga Séra
«Dessous - Dessus / unten - oben»
Kabinett Visarte
Schoffelgasse 10. 8001 Zürich
Freitag, 12. Mai 17 - 21 Uhr
Samstag, 13. Mai 14 - 19 Uhr
Sonntag, 14. Mai 14 - 18 Uhr
What is below, what is inside, outside, above?
The pictures and objects in the exhibition show ideas of a femininity where the inside turns to the outside and becomes the world itself.
Our live performance with Iranian-Norwegian artist Mona Tahani took place online as part of Together Elsewhere, a monthly performance series organized by PAB - Performance Art Bergen and PANCH - Performance Art Network Switzerland.
It had been streamed live online by the Mediathek of the HGK FHNW Basel.
You can watch the recorded live performance on Vimeo here
"Conversations with a Landscape" is the photo series of my landscape performances in Prättigau in autumn 2022.
The photographer Anaïs Vouillamoz captured all of these dialogues in her beautiful compositions.
We are happy to show the works in Zurich and thank Kunsthaus Kloster for their very kind support.
You can watch the fotos on Vimeo here
Opening hours: 10-12. November 2022 2-7 p.m.
Kabinett Visarte Zurich
Schoffelgasse 10. 8001 Zurich
I'm happy to be part of this great show
with two works:
Corona diary, 2020,
created with my fallen hair during the first lockdown
and
Balzers diary, 2021
with wooden planes, human hair, textile and citations of Hannah Arendt, Rainer Maria Rilke & excerpts of my journal during my residency in Balzers /Liechtenstein
opening on 15th September at 6.p.m. at Espace Arlaud, Lausanne
"Performance as research"
performance events & round table discussion
at Museum Tinguely, Basel CH
22-24th July 2022
with
Annette Arlander / FI
Pınar Derin Gençer / TR
Elsbeth Iten / CH
Pawel Korbus / PL
Malgorzata Sady / PL
Hanga Séra / HU, CH
Ewa Zarzicka / PL
PANCH - Performance Art Network CH is invited to realize the project “Social Elegance” in July 2022 as part of the exhibition “BANG BANG — translocal
hi:stories of performance art” at Museum Tinguely Basel.
In this framework the event series of "Performance as research will be held.
"Corona diaries"
as part of "A finger on the pulse of time - art in times of uncertainty / Am Puls der Zeit - Kunst in Zeiten der Unsicherheit"
_artundweise Bern CH
with
Lilian Frei,
Donat Fritschy,
Lea Krebs,
Lee Lichtenstein,
Hannes Oehen,
Jeremy Ratib, Donia Jornod,
Elisabeth Schneller,
Caroline Singeisen and
Sebastian Utzni
_artundweise kunst- und denkraum
lorrainestrasse 16, 3013 bern
The opening will take place on Thursday, 16. June 2022, 17-20.00
Finissage: Saturday, 2. July 14-17.00
"Weggefährten" at Galaria Fravi in Domat/Ems, Graubünden CH
December 2021 I asked people in the streets of Zurich and Altstetten SG to wear my angel wings. All of them, who I asked, agreed.
I'm combining these photographs with my very first angel wing action in Budapest back to 2002.
It's a pleasure to be part of the exhibition with Peter Trachsel / collection Esther Hellman and Thomas Zindel.
The opening will take place on Saturday 21st May 2022 at 6 p.m.
at Via Fravi 2 CH-7013 Domat/Ems
"3700km diary" at Found in Translation in Helmhaus Zurich
"3400km diary", my installation based on the beautiful and hurting and wise memoirs of an amazing young man from Syria is part of "Found in translation", an inspiring and challenging exhibition project of ExpoTranskultur about translating migratory experiences into art, which will be shown at Helmhaus Zurich between 29 April - 19 June 2022.
The opening will take place on Thursday 28th April 2022 at 6 p.m. at Helmhaus.
"Amoeba" at Fashion Revolution Days Zurich
I´m happy to show my newest performance
on 23rd April 2022 at 3.30
at the Paulusakademie,
Pfingstweidstrasse 28. 8005 Zürich
Photo: Anaïs Vouillamoz
"Mon coeur" in Atelier62
My performance "Mon coeur" will be part of the Art Afternoon on 20th November 2021 in Atelier62 Landstrasse 62 9494 Schaan FL.
At 4.15 p.m. Swiss painter Harlis Schweizer will make a guided tour through our exhibition.
At 5 p.m. I´ll show my collaborative performance "Mon coeur" after Venice and Zurich, now in Schaan, Liechtenstein.
"Weinviertel, mon amour" in Schaan
My series "Weinviertel mon amour" can be seen in the gallery Atelier62 in Schaan, Liechtenstein.
I´ve created this series in collaboration with contemporary dancer Éva Török, who I invited to react on non-places of my choise in Weinviertel / Austria.
With Swiss painter Harlis Schweizer we are happy to announce our exhibition in the vivid place of Atelier62, which takes place 15th November - 5th December 2021.
"Balzers diary" in Vaterland
On 27th October 2021 a beautifully written article had been published about my installation "Balzes diary" in Liechtenstein newspaper Vaterland.
Text: Julia Kaufmann
Photo: Nils Vollmar
More photos of "Balzers diary" on Vaterland online
I've been focusing on this work during my 3-months artist-in-residence in the only medieval towerhouse of Liechtenstein.
As a closing event I presented the installation, which the towerhouse became an essential part of, to the publlic on 26th October 2021 during the afternoon hours. At 6.30 p.m. a final presentation took place at Alter Pfarrhof in Balzers, with an introduction of Sonja Näscher, Amt für Kultur Liechtenstein.
Art Talk at Alter Pfarrhof, Balzers
On 7th October 2021 a discussion with Antonella Barone about my artistic practise with a strong focus on my work as an artist-in-residence in Liechtenstein will take place at Alter Pfarrhof, Balzers, Liechtenstein.
Artist-in-residence in Liechtenstein
From the 1st August 2021 this beautiful medieval tower house from the XIVth century will be my home & working place for 2.5 months.
As part of the exchange program between the Ministry of Culture of Liechtenstein and Gleis70 in Zurich I`m very happy to be invited to realise my artwork based on hair and participation.
Photo: Daniel Schwendener, www.schwendener.li
Me, me & me!
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, October 2021
I`m happy to be invited with my performance "Me, me & me!", which I`ll show
on Saturday 16 October at 13:00 and
on Sunday 17 October at 15:30.
I´m also delighted to join the panel discussion "International performance art trends" with Pınar Derin Gençer (TR/SE), founder of Istanbul Performance Art, Stockholm Performance Art and 24 Hours Art & chief curator of Open Performance Space.
More about Supermarket Art Fair
Farewell
Sunday, 23th May 2021, 7.p.m. Münsterbrücke, Zurich
As a farewell to the Corona Call exhibition of Visarte, which closes on the same day at 6 p.m. and also to the remaining parts of the Corona lockdown (yes, I hope so) I will let an empty canvas float away on the waves of Limmat.
The start of this journey is the Münsterbrücke, where I will let the canvas reach the water.
The action will be realised with the contribution of a very sympathetic rowing club.
I`m a bloomy garden
My series "I´m a bloomy garden" will be part of the Parallel Vienna editions 21. Thank you Flat1 for the invitation!
Mon coeur
The human heart measures about 12 cm in length and 8 to 9 cm at its widest point. This 300 grams of hollow organ, as was already clear to Aristotle, is the seat of the soul. (What is the soul? Why does it want to sit?) “Mon coeur” is about the lawn, the beating, and the stopping of the heart. It also answers a few questions that weren't even asked.
My performance will be part of the Fashion Revolution Week 2021 in Zurich, due to Covid as a live stream on Friday, 23th April 2021 at 7 p.m.
Check out the great festival program on: https://www.fashionrevolution.ch/events
Corona diaries
My work "Corona diaries" is part of the first Corona Call exhibition of Visarte, which will be displayed at Wasserkirche, Zurich /Switzerland.
The opening will take place on Saturday, 17th April 2021 at 2 - 8 p.m.
You can visit the exhibition untill 23th May 2021, Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m - 6.p.m.
During the opening I will create the city diary of Zurich on the 17th April 2021. If you want to participate, come around and bring your hair, which you´ve collected in your comb on that very morning.