Performances

Performance-Installation 2024 Tarabya used to be called “Pharmacia” or “Phamakias”. This name, which meant “poison” in Byzantine times, goes back to the legend of the Argonauts. Jason, who left his homeland with the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, is said to have found it in the forest of Tarabya.The people of Colchis hid […]

Analı Kızlı Performance mit gemeinsamen Abendessen, bedruckte Schürzen, Video, 2019 Mehtap Baydu In der türkischen Tradition werden bestimmte Speisen in Anlehnung an die Schönheit und Erotik weiblicher Körperteile benannt. Beispielsweise gibt es ein Fleischgericht mit dem Namen „Analı Kızlı“ eine Suppe, die „Dul avrat Çorbası“ und eine Nachspeise, die „Dilber Dudağı“ genannt werden. Im Rahmen […]

Atem Performance in a storefront with display window in Berlin Volume of the space: 15 cubic meters Balloon: 15 cubic meters Display window: 2.5 meters Performed in Berlin from 30 October to 17 November 2019, daily from 4pm to 8pm. A human being breathes appx. 20,000 times a day, transporting some 12 cubic meters of […]

Performance, Kulturakademie Tarabya, Istanbul, April 2020 Duration: appx. one hour Our contemporary landscape is increasingly shaped by digital communication media and social media platforms, tools that promise simplified communication, accessible knowledge, and shared perspectives, influencing both our professional and social lives. However, the digital realm is also a breeding ground for contradictory and often baseless […]

Live Performance, 27 July 2017, 8:30 pm, Bröhan Museum, Berlin In her subtle and witty performance, conceptual and performance artist Mehtap Baydu offered edible ‘kisses’ to museum visitors. This work references a traditional pastry from her Turkish heritage known as “Dilber Dudağı”, which translates as “The Beautiful Lady’s Lips”. These little treats were prepared in […]

Crown Performance Between Bridges, Berlin 2017 A B-52 bomber in combat formation with four fighter aircraft above the artist’s head.  The five aircraft, cast in 14-karat gold, are mounted on a crown with gold-plated wire. For a period of 40 minutes, the artist takes the crown from the wall, places it on her head, and […]

London Art Fair, 2018 Während der Performance liest Sarah Monk, Direktorin der Art Fair London einen Text vor. Ich nehme einen Abdruck meines Mundes und gieße ihn in Siegelwachs. Als sie ihre Rede beendet, binde ich die in- zwischen gehärtete Siegelwachsform meines Mundes um ihren Mund und „versiegele“ diesen symbolisch. Je nach Ort, Publikum und […]

„In den Jahren 2014-2015 hat Mehtap Baydu wichtige Männer in ihrem Leben fotografiert, darunter Freunde, Bekannte, Künstlerkollegen, alte Schulkameraden oder der Besitzer eines Kiosks, in dem sie häufig einkauft. Die fotografierten Männer konnten nach Belieben posieren, mussten aber nach dem Shooting der Künstlerin ihre Hemden geben. Baydu schneidet diese Hemden in lange Streifen, verbindet diese […]

Performance KulturBahnhof Südflügel, Kassel In a performance framework, I cloth myself with multiple dresses, which I have collected from women representing different professions and social classes. These clothings I wear on top of each other, piece by piece. As l slip myself, one body, into another body, a thick layer of overlapping dresses bloom around […]

“Osman” is a stereotypical analogy of the workers who came from Turkey to western Europe in the 1960s. He is a fictional person in real life from 2009 to the present day, e.g. 2013 in Hachenburg.   The “Hachenburg Osman” is an interactive project. During Art Week in Hachenburg, Osman becomes officially registered as a […]

In this performance a dress sewn of dried fruit pulp or “pistil” is worn on the naked body and offered to the audience to be eaten. The pistil used to sew the dress is a traditional fruit-based dessert. It is obtained by crushing fruits including apricots, plums, grapes and berries into a pulp, which is then […]

2015 Performance Mardin Biennale Der Pfau, der sich nicht vor Menschen verbeugt, wird insbesondere in Indien und Anatolien respektiert, als heilig angesehen und verehrt. In seinem Buch “Hungersnot und der Pfau” schreibt der iranische Mystiker Attar, den Mevlana in jungen Jahren kennengelernt und bei jeder Gelegenheit verehrt hat, dass Menschen, die verzweifelt nach Regen suchten, “an […]

Installation – Performance 2008 and 2009. 43 pairs of red women’s shoes and three pairs of red men’s shoes are available for exchange. The participants are given the opportunity to temporarily exchange their own shoes for a pair of red shoes. As part of the performance, the constant exchange process changes the underlying installation. Over […]