(se) donner à la seine – carte #5
(SE) DONNER À LA SEINE - CARTE #1
(se) donner à la Seine – Carte #5
2024, Acrylic ink on acid-free paper, 70 x 100 cm, unique
(se) donner à la Seine – Carte #1
2024, Acrylic ink on acid-free paper, 50 x 70 cm, unique
(Şerif Kaynar Collection)
Bodies that Wave / Waves that Embody
2023-ongoing
Series of video Installation & Lecture Performance
Print on fibre paper, 268 x 40cm, 3 Ed. + 1 A.P.
Based on the questions “How to perform a wave?” and “How to become a wave?” Mimiko invites the audience to explore the similarities between the rhythmic and fluid movements of waves, which are in a constant state of motion and change, and the rhythmic and fluid movements of the human body. Through the performative reading, Mimiko assumes that intentions can spread like waves, traversing time and space, and she aims to make the various waves traversing the human body visible by tracing their marks in water-bodies. “Bodies that wave / Waves that embody” draws attention to this correlation and pursues the question “What does it mean for the human body to be a wave?”
The first of the performative reading series was held in September 2023 as part of “Akan Beden Performans ve Konuşma Dizisi,” the second one in January 2024 at Galerie Analix Forever/Geneva and the third in June 2024 at Pilot Galeri/Istanbul.
Egosurfing 2023, Polished brass, 40 x 15 x 0,5 cm, 3 Ed. + 1 A.P.
Egosurfing (2023) takes its name from a term coined by Sean Carton in 1995. First appearing as an entry in Gareth Branwyn’s March 1995 Wired magazine Jargon Watch column, the term refers to the practice of searching for one’s own name or nickname in a popular search engine and reviewing the results. Similarly, an “egosurfer” is defined as someone who searches for their own name on the Internet and wants to see what information appears.
The 10-metre wave 2023, Acrylic ink on acid-free paper, 150 x 1000 cm, unique
Waves come
Waves go
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Let them come
Let them go
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Gentle waves
Monster waves
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Ever-unfolding
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Silent waves
Dead waves
Those who died with the waves
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Waves as a map
Waves as a feeling
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Becoming each and every wave
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The all-seeing
The all-knowing
The all-feeling wave
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Becoming each and every wave
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Ocean waves
Sound waves
Electromagnetic waves
Gravitational waves
Seismic waves
Pandemic waves
Heat waves
Migration waves
Feminist waves
Waves do not always come in pairs
Watch out for the rogue waves
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Does knowing one wave mean knowing them all
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Waves roll
Crash
Break
Transgress
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A thought
A wave
In the universe
An intention set in the pluriverse
A wave in the multiverse
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What of an ocean without waves
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Why separate the ocean when we can share the waves
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Divided oceans
Divided waves
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Waves of separation
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Wiped out
Cities,
Bodies,
Memories,
Wiped out
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Deadly waves of your intentions
The slow violence of your explorations
Text written on ‘The 10-metre Wave’
Dumping waves 2023, 5’8 inch Fishtail surfboard sculpture, plastic PET bottles and caps, plastic granules, epoxy resin, hemp thread, 176 x 6 x 55 cm, unique
A thought, a wave in the universe, an intention set in the pluriverse, a ripple in the multiverse 2023, Acrylic ink on acid-free cotton paper, 56 x 76 cm, unique
Surfing plastic waves, dead corals scratching your face, 2023, Acrylic ink on acid-free cotton paper, 56 x 76 cm, unique