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This was DAMNED AND DOOMED Thanks to the audience that listened carefully to what we had to tell, thanks to the people that let us into their realms, thanks to the many helping hands that worked with us on this piece. We are continuing our journey in the upcoming year, so stay with us and keep on swearing! Thank you💚 @barbaraseiler.galerie @magma_maria @cwb_paris @performissima @pinkyhtut @centreculturelsuisse @prohelvetia Photo Credits 2-3 Tristan Savoy / Centre Culturel Suisse 4-5 Livio Baumgartner / Die Diele 6-7 Alexandra Looser

Ahoi, ahoi Des Admirals 01 June – 16 July, 2024 With Dina Danish, Gregory Tara Hari, Shana Lutker, Sophie Jung, Guillaume Pilet, Latefa Wiersch, Martina-Sofie Wildberger DAMNED AND DOOMED, a one-person performance by Gregory Tara Hari explores the imagined power of cursing as a means of coping with grief, anger, and societal disillusionment in the context of misrepresentation of East- and South East Asian women in Western society and media, and the behavior of predominantly western and white tourists in Southeast Asia and their interactions with local culture and customs in regards to respect and representation. Wearing a green costume, inspired by the vengeful spirit of the banana tree ‘Nang Tani’, and silver finger nails extensions, which are traditionally used in dance and theater throughout Southeast Asia, Hari recites existing texts from films, songs, and political statements, and combines them with invented texts. Drawing upon experiences he highlights examples of misrepresentation in Swiss films, such as ‘Leo Sunnyboy’ and ‘Gekauftes Glück’, along with the social context of migration stories. The prevalence of raw violence in Thai news coverage and Thai soap operas, such as ‘Ruan That’, and the use of swearing as a raw and honest expression of emotion, challenges societal norms and offers a glimpse into the complexities of cultural identity and injustice. ขอบคุณมากครับ ครอบครัวฮารี่-แหล่งสนาม บาร์บารา ไซเล่อร์ และทีมงาน Special thanks to The Hari-Langsanam Family Barbara Seiler & Team ***** Photos by Stefan Altenburger Video by Natalie C. Hari

GREGORY TARA HARI Gregory Tara Haris Arbeit lässt sich grob in zwei Felder denken, der visuellen und der performativen Kunst. Er arbeitet meist alle zwei Jahre an einer neuen mehrteiligen Werkgruppe, daraus entstehen dann mehrere Arbeiten unterschiedlichster Materialen. Dazu kommen wiederkehrende Kollaborationen mit Künstler*innen und Kulturschaffenden im In- und Ausland. Themen wie Colonial- und Queer Studies, Architektur und Urban Planning, und unterschiedliche Formen des Storytelling sind wichtiger Teil seiner künstlerischen Auseinandersetzung. Ausstellungsort: @kunsthausglarus Eröffnung: 14.12.2024 Ausstellung: 14.12.2024 – 16.02.2025 Bezug zur Region: Glarus & St. Gallen . . #heimspiel2024 #kunstschaffende @gregory_tara_hari

🟢 PORTRAIT D'ARTISTE Gregory Tara Hari (CH/TH) Gregory Tara Hari (@gregory_tara_hari), né en 1993 à Zurich, développe une pratique artistique explorant les questions géopolitiques et sociales, notamment les études queer et coloniales. Son travail se déploie entre performance, texte, musique, peinture, photographie, vidéo et sculpture. Ses œuvres intègrent des créatures démoniaques, des silhouettes fantomatiques et des figures grotesques aux côtés de lignes abstraites et de compositions colorées. Hari aborde des sujets variés mais interconnectés, révélant la complexité des histoires oubliées des cultures queer et du colonialisme. Son art examine comment ces récits nous affectent et expose les complications contemporaines résultant de ces héritages. Il sera accompagné pour PERFORMISSIMA de Pinky Htut Aung (@pinkyhtut), artiste autodidacte multidisciplinaire originaire du Myanmar. Dans le cadre du partenariat @centreculturelsuisse. On tour et @prohelvetia x PERFORMISSIMA - Gregory Tara Hari (@gregory_tara_hari), born 1993 in Zurich, develops an artistic practice exploring geopolitical and social issues, particularly queer and colonial studies. His work encompasses performance, text, music, painting, photography, video and sculpture. It incorporates demonic creatures, ghostly silhouettes and grotesque figures alongside abstract lines and colorful compositions. Hari tackles varied but interconnected subjects, revealing the complexity of forgotten histories of queer cultures and colonialism. His art examines how these narratives affect us and exposes the contemporary complications resulting from these legacies. He will be accompanied for PERFORMISSIMA by Pinky Htut Aung (@pinkyhtut), a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from Myanmar. As part of the @centreculturelsuisse. On tour and @prohelvetia x PERFORMISSIMA partnership 📸 BAK, Evan Ruetsch, Alexandra Looser et Vicketta #performissima #gregorytarahari #pinkyhtutaung #performingarts #performingartsfestival #performance #festival #cwb_paris #centrewalloniebruxelles

They put a flag out on the roof of any house I happen to be in Solo exhibition at Jean-Claude Maier Gallery @jeanclaudemaier | Frankfurt am Main | Germany 1 • Is there a healing vortex that hovers around and when you enter it slaps you with energy (1), 2023 / gouache on unprimed canvas 2 • Is there a healing vortex that hovers around and when you enter it slaps you with energy (2), 2023 / gouache on unprimed canvas 3 • Drapeaux Flammés, 2022 / granulated sugar, food coloring, flavoring, wood • Is there a healing vortex that hovers around and when you enter it slaps you with energy (3), 2023 / gouache on unprimed canvas 4 • Trifouilly-les-Oies (1), 2023 / gouache on unprimed canvas 5 • Is there a healing vortex that hovers around and when you enter it slaps you with energy (1), 2023 / gouache on unprimed canvas

playing with fire🔥 Performance in collaboration with Myriam Marti costumes by Mara Danz co-performed by Efa Mühlethaler, Philip Neuberger & Raphael Loosli captured by Nando Schmidlin

The Annual New Year Message 2023 In collaboration with and photographed by Tara Hari-Langsanam. Edited by Thom Driver. Each year, Gregory Tara Hari invites a creative mind to collaborate for the Annual New Year Message. As a limited edition, each card is numbered and signed by the artist. on display at Die Diele 3D Sihlhallenstrasse 7, 8004 Zürich open 24/7 / opposite Die Diele @die_diele_die @double_espresso_please #annualnewyearmessage

WOFF COLLECTIVE presents View from the Top - The 10th WOFF Edition 158 years after the first topping of the Matterhorn with DJ's Monica Germann, Skalski, Redshift and Purrpuss Live Performance by Gustav Gurke (Claudius Skorski) Switzerland's most wanted Schlagerstar Hourly Performative Interventions by 'nSchuppel Dirty Talk Alpsegen by Philip Matesic The Dress Code was: alpine avant-garde / your body is a landscape Friday 14 July - Provitreff, Sihlquai 240, 8005 Zürich Thousand kisses to @thewronski for capturing our magical mountainous night!🤍🏔️❄️

I want you so bad it's my only wish Revisited and accompanied by Pinky Htut Aung Performance presented as part of the Festival Tendres monstres in partnership with Fondation suisse | Pavillon Le Corbusier, Théâtre de la Cité international and Centre culturel suisse. On tour from 21 to 24 September 2023. Performance and text inspired by Meet me Halfway by The Black Eyed Peas, Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrick, Chinese Girl by Vladimir Tretchikoff, Dr. Kenneth Kim Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles, Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, Ma- dame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti, Miss Saigon by Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Book), Memoirs of a Geisha by Rob Marshall (Film), You Only Live Twice — James Bond by Lewis Gilbert, China Doll by Slim Whitman, Year of the Dragon by Michael Cimino, China Girl by Iggy Pop & David Bowie and Crazy Rich Asians by Jon M. Chu Dedicated to my Mami🤍 Photos @lieberjohn

Almost Heaven sculpture and performance, 2023 wood, metall, costume & props Winner of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Art Prize | Swiss Art Awards 2023 Performance and text inspired by Brokeback Mountain, Donald Trump, Fleet Foxes, Gölä, Hans-Rudolf Brunko, Heinrich Lienhard, Johann August Sutter, John Denver, Lauren Clark, Parks and Recreation, Shania Twain, Stefan Stark, Willie Nelson, Xaver Schuler, Hari-Langsanam Family and the many more behind it all. Dedicated to all those who have been discriminated against and subjected to violence on the basis of their gender, beliefs, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, ethnic and cultural origin. Special thanks to Muriel Gutherz, Moritz Holenstein, Monika Schori and friends. Credits: BAK, Swiss Art Awards, 2023, Gina Folly @swissartawards @kieferhablitzel

captured in the cold merci mon beau @titiwhite

OK... After six months in South Africa, it was time for me to head home - whatever that means. The nature, culture and the people - there was just enough time to get a glimpse of it all. I didn‘t feel entirely at home down there, but I terribly miss it since my departure. In the passing year, I‘ve exhibited and performed in Cape Town, Bregenz, Zürich, Basel, Berlin, and now in Winterthur. It’s great to be travelling again and meeting fellow artists, curators, visitors - people. Back then in Cape Town, I lived at Greenmarket Square, opposite the Old Town House, built in 1761. At that time the square became the venue for the sale of fresh goods, followed by the sale of people. Just next door is the infamous Capetonian Langstrasse, called Longstreet. Like it‘s Zurichoise sister, it’s a street of partying, getting absolutely wasted on kinds of drugs and of course Sex Work. Without romanticising, it felt somewhat unvarnished there. The topic I’ve been working on for this year’s ANYM is connected with the idea of installing oneself, and adapting to a current situation. Godess knows we‘ve all had to learn that skill in recent times. Rituals such as, taking one‘s shoes off when entering the flat, putting on the TV right afterwards (if you grew up partly Asian), inviting friends for a home made pizza (I‘m sorry to say but I prefer Da Michelangelo) and maybe burning some more of that Palo Santo (yeah another piece of Holy Peruvian Forest) - these are the things, a home can be made of. Before I say my final words, and you can finally grab that glass of Prosecco you‘ve been longing for since lunch time, I want to thank my people for the support and love they have given me, especially through this year. The greatest gratitude goes to my family, who have taught me the simplest, but by far most important thing - the meaning of home: To the ones who have one, to the ones who are looking for it and to the ones who lost it - I wish you all the very best of luck to build, preserve and share your home... TO HOME * Created in collaboration with Céline Brunko Soundtrack by Linus Lutz Edited by Thom Driver