As part of the ArtRole series projects in 2018, the organisation has the honor to share with you photos and video of workshop & exhibition title
“Coloruful Domed” project as part of ArtRole Women’s Empowerment Programme within the artist in Residency programme, Supported by CPS-GIZ Germany. Nov 2018, Erbil.
لە چوار چێوەی بەشێك لە زنجیرە پرۆژەكانی ئارت ڕۆڵ بۆ ساڵی ٢٠١٨ ڕێكخراو خۆشحاڵە بەشێك لە فۆتۆكانی پرۆژەی (گومبەزی ڕەنگاڵەیی) وە كو بەشێك لە پڕۆژەی بەهێزكردنی تواناكانی ئافرەت و پڕۆگرامی میوانداریەتی هەنەرمەند پیشان بدات. هەولێر نۆڤومبر ٢٠١٨
من ضمن سلسلة مشاريع منظمة “أرت رول” لسنة ٢٠١٨ المنظمة يتشرف بعرض بعض الصور لمشروع ( القبة الملونة) كجزء من برنامج تنمية المراة من ضمن برنامج – أستضافة الفنان. تشرين الثاني ٢٠١٨. أربيل
The Visiting Programme presented artwork created by artist and workers as part of the occasion of the international days of activism for ending violence against women started the official opening day on 25th November and end on 10th December. Friederike Ruff the visiting artist presented the artwork made at the Carpet factory along side presentation talking about her experiences being in Kurdistan Region for the first time, expressing her real feeling and thought working with the Kurdish female workers. Friederike also used the opportunity to talk about her work in Germany as well as internationally, this opened up opportunity for her to connect with art scene in the Erbil city.
Part of the programme Friederike met with local artists and arts students in the region. She traveled out of Erbil city to visit textile museums and carpet factories as well as she visited other cities in the Kurdish region of Iraq. This project created an opportunity for further future collaboration between both countries.
Visiting Programme
Video Report
Artist Background:
Friederike Ruff, a visual artist in the field of painting, collage and textile art. born 1980 in Weingarten lives and works in Berlin since 2007. Education: 2000 Fachhochschule für Design, Münster 2004 Universidad de Complutense, Madrid, 2001 – 2006 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart. Friederike Ruff travels a lot, in recent years mainly to the Middle East and the Caucasus, bringing impressions and things – at last patterns, fabrics and ornaments – that she uses in her collages. “I’m interested in topics, looking for the materials. And I’m from the collage. I disassemble things and rebuild them. It’s also a way of life, “explains Ruff, born in 1980, who studied in Munich, Stuttgart and Madrid.
Her art is not limited to images, but also includes objects; two are shown at Grölle. “Asasel”, a 50-centimeter-high figure of goat standing on a piece of broken glass wrapped in gray cloth on which Ruff embroidered swear words in 30 languages with red thread. The sculpture is reminiscent of the Hebrew ritual of the scapegoat – a tradition of up-to-the-minute reference. Opposite the “victim” stands a child mannequin a few meters away, with a red helmet, anonymous and armed, and a red suit with a wide open mouth and teeth. “That’s the culprit, the infantile aggressor, that’s why the baby doll. The teeth are weapons and symbols of strength.
This event unites national and international female artists, activists, workers and academics to discuss how art and culture can address the particular issues of women in Iraq using presentations, workshops, and contemporary art, this visit hopes to foster dialogue among female artist and workers from Iraqi Kurdistan and the Germany.
This international event and public program is comprised of a textile project collaboration between German artist Friederike Ruff and female workers at the carpets factory in Erbil.
Sponsor: GIZ, Germany
Implementation by ArtRole
