28.02.2026 – 18.03.2026
The Kurdish term Zozan means summer pasture; it is also the title of the project of the same name, which is based on comprehensive multimedia documentation of everyday Kurdish culture by Werner Finke and Mehmet Emir, created between 1964 and 2024 in Turkey. It reflects traditional ways of life and socio-political transformations. ZOZAN addresses and (re)presents traditional forms of mobility and recent forms of migration in Kurdish societies. ZOZAN combines art-based research, artistic practice and socio-anthropological approaches. Over the course of the four-year project, artistic interventions based on these collections were organised. A total of 25 artists conducted eight workshops with selected audiences in various Kurdish and European institutions. The more than 100 participants addressed issues of identity and migration, memories of past ways of life and violence, as well as cultural heritage and current challenges of globalisation in their drawings, collages, objects, texts, photos, films, installations and much more.
Artists: Halgurd Ahmed, Sabah Ahmed, Hoshang Bahjat, Friedrich Becke, Savaş Boyraz, Songül Boyraz, Asmin Buhan, DARO, Adnan Dilovan Kegi, Ezgi Erol, Pavlos Fysakis, Thomas Freiler, Karzan A. Jan, Dila Kaplan, Zeynep Kaplan, Melis Kaya, Jonas Nieft, Srusht Omer, Duygu Örs, Deniz-Evîn Özbaş, Lisl Ponger, Layla Qadir & Kosar Mageed, Niga Salam, Dilan Salik, Nora Severios, Aram Tastekin, Rojda Tuğrul, Irene Wallner, Ruth Weismann, Meltem Yildiz
ZOZAN A collective art project in the Kurdish transnation
28.02.2026 – 18.03.2026
Schaumbad Graz
Puchstraße 41
8020 Graz
www.schaumbad.mur.at
