Treffpunkt: der Vulkan (Azahar, Admiral und Lazy_fairy)

Installation view, 2022 – Photo by Fabian Fröhlich.

"Lazy_fairy's childhood memory", 2022. Still Image from the video.

Visitor's VR experience at documenta-fifteen – Hafenstrasse 76, Kassel, DE

"Volcano", 2022. Still image from the video.

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[EN] Meeting point:
the Volcano (Azahar, Admiral and Lazy_fairy) [VN] Gặp nhau nơi miệng núi lửa

(Azahar, Admiral

và Tiên_làm_biếng)

Two-channel Video Installation with VR activations.
10:00 mins

2022

Three fictional characters explore their personal experiences with the "welcome culture" in Germany and discuss strategies for survival against institutional powers. They propose using an intersectional feminist lens to create fairytales that serve emancipation and transformation, and consider how to build a sustainable and supportive system for POC/FLINTA* in exile.

The artwork is connected to lumbung in the sense that it examines the idea of collective storytelling and resource sharing in a virtual world. The artists also practice lumbung in their own work by collaborating with other artists and communities and creating a shared archive of stories and experiences. The artwork is part of the lumbung program during documenta fifteen, which features various events and activities that reflect the values and practices of lumbung.

From time to time, Admiral (Sedawi), Azahar (Al Kayal) and Lazy_Fairy (Lương) offer visitors the chance to step into their reality with VR glasses to embody the fourth character and immerse themselves in their mixed-reality stories.

© Cẩm-Anh Lương, Mayada Al Kayal, Batoul Sedawi
Courtesy the artist

Production Credits:
Cẩm-Anh Lương – Conception, Video Editing, VR design
Esra Sakalli – Photogrammetry
Mahmoud Ismail, Roland Sookias/EDDy Lab ULiège – 3D scanning
Edoardo Micheli – Music & Sound design

With thanks to: Nadira Husain, Noureddin Yassin

Inspired by the collective work The Super Empowered,
*foundationClass, nGbK, Berlin, 2020

Part of
documenta fifteen

June 18 - September 25, 2022
Hafenstraße 76
34125 Kassel
Germany