MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN? (2009-2022)

performance series / workshops / collaborative artistic project

In the past 13 years, Ostojić has developed the project Mis(s)placed Women? (2009-2022), consisting of performances and workshops, which involved 180 participants convened through a number of open calls. The project interrogated the historical displacement and vulnerability that continue to affect women in communities of different generations and regions, also raising awareness about gender-based violence in the public space and the transformative potential of self-organized politics of visibility. The project archive can be found on the Mis(s)placed Women video chanal.

Tanja Ostojić: Mis(s)placed Women?, 30 min performance at Bergen International Airport, Norway, 2011. Organized by Stiftelsen 3,14. Photo: Jannicke Olsen, copyright: T. Ostojić
Mis(s)placed Women? workshop, Istanbul, a collective performance in a tea house, Mis Street (2021), with the  participation of: Arzu Yayıntaş, Bahar Seki, Gülhatun Yıldırım, Gizem Yılmaz, Nazlı Durak, Persefoni Myrtsou, Vanessa Ponte, Sabbi Senior, Selma Hekim and Tanja Ostojić. Photo: Kayhan Kaygusuz. Copyright: Tanja Ostojić.
Tanja Ostojić: MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN? 2009–2022, A Collaborative Art Project, exhibition views, Depo Istanbul, 2022. Photo: K. Kaygusuz. Copyright: T. Ostojić.
Mis(s)placed Women?, 2009-2022, installation view, “My Pen Won’t Break, But Borders Will” apexart, New York, 2023. Photo: T. Ostojić

Tanja Ostojić: Mis(s)placed Women? (2009-2021), Installation view, Podroom Gallery, Cultural Center of Belgrade, 2021. Photo: T. Ostojić

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