Alexandra Bachzetsis 1974* (Performance)

Performance date: Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 18.30h
performance with Yan Duyvendak
Location: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1

—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—

What are your origins?
Half Greek, half Swiss

Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland, and Greece

Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Zürich

Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich, Gent

Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination?
No
If not, then where else?
The cities: Paris,Brussels, New York, Buenos Aires and some places at the sea in Greece

Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. It is located at the sea
b. My friends from Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels live here
c. Taking pubilc transport is for free

What is your favourite recipe?
Nüsslisalat with egg and spätzli with fried onions…with out pepper!!!

www.alexandrabachzetsis.com

Nevin Aladag 1972*

—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—

What are your origins?
I´m a very mixed origin

Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Germany

Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Stuttgart, Munich, New York, Van, Copenhagen, Berlin

Where do you live and work right now?
Berlin

Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
Time will show, hope to travel much more

Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. Less fear
b. Even more languages to be spoken
c. Bigger exchange energy

If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now
a. Less fear
b. A bigger multiplicity in the society
c. More openness

What is your favourite recipe?
Any kind of stew

Mircea Cantor *1977

—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—

What are your origins?
In France they say I’m from Europe de l’Est, in Ameria they say I’m from Russia,
in Romania they say I’m from Ardeal, in Hungary they say I’m from Erdely

Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
No man’s land

Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Between one smell to next sound

Where do you live and work right now?
Where neccesity is needed

Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
No

Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland? (please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. I don’t know enough about the region to wish changes
b.
c.

If you are living elsewhere, name 3 changes you would like to see of that country you are living in now.
a. Give more, take less.
b. IDEM
c. IDEM

What is your favourite recipe?
The one which is made with love

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Alain Rappaport *1964 (Exhibition architecture of Marc Bauer and Christine Abbt’s Kabinett show)

—SHIFTING IDENTITIES Blog Q&A—

What are your origins?
A quarter French, a quarter Ukrainian, half Swiss

Officially, you are a citizen of which country?
Switzerland

Where are the places that you have lived for more than 6 months?
Zürich, Schiers, New York, Nanjing

Where do you live and work right now?
Zürich, Vienna

Is [the country you are living in now] your final destination? If not, then where else?
I do not know

Name 3 changes you would like to see of Switzerland?
(please answer even if you don’t live in Switzerland)
a. More rabbits
b. More deers
c. More foxes

What is your favourite recipe?
White rice with butter

www.rappaport.info