An artist will draw attention to the plight of Europe’s Roma community with an unusual performance in Perth.
Naked Life by Tanja Ostoji involves the Berlin-based artist reading the stories of different Roma families from the reports on deportations while simultaneously taking her clothes off.
Ending up completely naked at the end of her performance at Perth Concert Hall on Tuesday, according to the artist she “symbolically demonstrates the vulnerability of bare life”.
Part of International Women’s Day 2016, 3G: Three Generations of Women Artists Perform also features Polish artist Karolina Kubik.
She born only few years before the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. In Stick Piece, the audience becomes a part of the performance as Kubik uses poles to create links between her and participating bystanders.
Alongside the live art performances, audiences will be able to see a rare, one-off screening of Natalia LL’s iconic work Consumer Art (1972-1975). The series of photos and videos of models interacting with various food items has become an iconic work of feminist art.
Dr Catherine Spencer, lecturer in history of art from St Andrews University, and Dr Amy Bryzgel, lecturer in film and visual culture at Aberdeen University, will give a talk about the live performances and the artworks on display.
The free International Women’s Day event takes place from 4pm in Perth Concert Hall’s Threshold artspace and Norie-Miller Studio.
Booking is essential through Horsecross Arts box office and the performances are limited to over-18s due to sexual content/nudity.