yes, l have an answer
the interactive performance "yes, l have an answer" (former title: art is..) has been carried out since 2001 in different places of the world with the help of financial awards and residencies. it is about the significance and effect of art.

"yes, l have an answer" in lamu, kenia, 2012,
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(2012)

in the small village shela, lamu, kenia: quiet reflections about the meaning of art ..
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(2011)

in busses, museums, on the fishmarket and even in the sauna people have an answer about the meaning of art....
fotos roswitha steinkopf, foto in sauna peeter laurits

"yes, i have an answer": a teacher, employees and a watchman in lamu, kenia, think about the meaning of art
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(2011)

southkoreans with their answer
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question about the meaning of art. in lamu, keni, a bricklayer, a tailor, a carpenter and a fishermen have an answer too.
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(2012)

the muslim women in lamu, kenia, are not allowed to show their faces, but nevertheless they share their thoughts about art
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(2012)

the posters for the exhibition "yes, i have an answer" in lamu fort arouse interest
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children as a rule are not involved in the performance.but sometimes they discover an empty board and then, yes, they have a comment too..

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yes, l have an answer (art is..) in shanghai
on invitation of alp galleries, new york,
performance and exhibition of the art is..project on the occasion of the 1. shanghai spring art salon 2003, shanghai

(2003)

shanghai spring art salon
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(2003)

"yes, i have an answer" (title at that time "art is..") im 1.spring art salon, shanghai
yes, l have an answer, new york, san francisco, usa, 2003, 2014
grant of the government of schleswig-holstein for the project "yes, l have an answer" (art is...) in new york in 2002/3 (studio in williamsburg for 6 month).
exhibition in williamsburg art and historical center
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new york, 2003

yes, i have an answer" in new york and in san francisco, 2003, 2014
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yes, l have an answer (art is..) nepal
residency of the kathmandu
contemporary art center, kathmandu, nepal. final exhibition of the performance in patan museum, kathmandu.
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(2011)

vivid discussions about the meaning of art in kathmandu.
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(2011)

thinking about the meaning of art in durbar square, patan, nepal
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(2011)

in nepal a shopkeeper, a policewoman and a weaver have an answer too
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(2011)

"yes, i have an answer" - pupils and students of kathmandu university of design
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(2011)

the meaning of art? nuns and monks in a tibetean nunnery and monastery are reflecting about the meaning of art... and then "yes, i have an answer".
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