TANJA OSTOJIĆ

DAILY SWIM IN BOSPHORUS (2021)

Daily Swim in Bosphorus (2021) exercises to reconnect with water, through a daily swimming method, over a period of 4 months, and a feminist and queer gatherings at Bosphorus, Istanbul. Part of a fellowship at the Kulturakademie Tarabya, Istanbul, 2021. It was there that I started reading about historical urban swimming cultures.


People self-organise as life-guards
and build temporary stairs, so one
can walk down into the water.
Tanja Ostojić: Daily Swim in Bosphorus (2021), video still
Historical bathing house of the German Consulate’s Summer Residency in Tarabya, Istanbul, that remains non accessible and a subject of decay. Photo: Tanja Ostojić (2021).

Daily Swim in Bosphorus, 1 minute video, with the authentic underwater sounds, premiered at Live Action 16, Göteborg (2021).

Concept, Performance, Directing: Tanja Ostojić
Video recording: Clarissa Thieme
Underwater audio recording: Nora Krahl
Video editing: Asli Ertürk


Tanja Ostojić: Daily Swim in Bosphorus: feminist and queer swimming gatherings, September (2021), photo: Tanja Ostojić.