Че Биде

La Biennale di Venezia 2019 Palazzo Mora, Venice

Personal Structures - Identities

The project ‘Че Биде’ is a transformational installation that mirrors the world at a time of change that reflects on our future every day. ‘Че Биде’ symbolizes the rhythm of my performances. I expose my creative process while that process is a reflection of the ‘interesting’ times in which we live in and manifests itself in a multimedia exhibition. In my work, an analogous collapsing of borders occurs between artist and form.

Covering more than a decade of artistic research and work in a different range of media, I have now chosen my own body as my primary and essential medium. ‘Че Биде’ is a performance installation that comments on the process of entering and moving through deferent mental constructs that artists embody during the performance. All of these performances are anchored in visual and body art and share a through the line of endurance. This is a durational work during which I cast myself as a signifying body in a field of social semiotics, by using performance and visual representation - to explore psychoanalytic themes such as identity, death, loss, injustice and the status of the ego in contemporary society.

The audience will have the opportunity to be part of a transformative installation for which there will be special dates dedicated to the copyright of the artist. I will outline key works that are symbolically related to the theme including my piece ‘Nelson Mandela’, which I managed to get back from the Federal Police in Paris. After a long legal battle, this piece will be exhibited for the first time in public at the ‘Personal Structures’ 2019 in Venice.

This work brings a significant history about human rights and comments on this con- temporary issue that is happening to many artists around the world and addressing it is of great importance. In the context of this event, I will premiere a new film “Че Биде’, filmed by award- winning cinematographer Samir Ljuma - featuring Katarina Ivanovska. This film is based on my life and creative process which is closely connected to the story that will unfold during the Biennale.

 
 

'PERSONAL STRUCTURES – Identities'
In the context of the 58th La Biennale di Venezia 2019

'Че Биде Вистина' - Teaser
Featuring: Katarina Ivanovska & Igor Josifov
Cinematography: Samir Ljuma
Editing: Silvija Stojanovska
Still Photography: Risto Josifovski
Costume Design: Milena Atanasova
Sound: Nina Milanovikj

 
 
 

'Becoming Clear', Glass Sculpture / Cast Photo-lenses

37x22x25 (14.5x8.6x9.8 in)

Signed.

 
 
 
 

Nelson Mandela - fire reflection

Burned paper, signed

115x115cm (45x45i n)

Executed in 2013

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