Sharing: killjoy (Arbeitstitel)

A quote by Sara Ahmed serves caner teker as inspiration during caner's two-week residency at Tanzhaus Zürich - and possibly leads to a new work.

"People can be killjoys if they don't laugh at an offensive joke or if they refuse to cover up injustice with a smile. People can be killjoys when they do not celebrate what they do not want to celebrate, such as national holidays that mark colonial conquest or the birth of a monarch. Humans can be spoilsports when humans enter a space because their own bodies remind them of a history that stands in the way of occupying the space. A person can be a spoilsport by asking to be addressed with the correct pronouns or by correcting people when they use the wrong ones. A person can be a spoilsport by asking that not only white men sit on the podium or in the plenary again. People can be spoilsports when they ask to change venues because the booked space is not accessible."

This quote from Sara Ahmed serves as inspiration for caner teker during caner's two-week residency at Tanzhaus Zürich - and may lead to a new work.

A short audience discussion will follow the work-in-progress sharing.