For me, the flying artist’s room is
both a challenge and a huge adventure. I’m really looking forward to the flying artist’s room allowing me to work long-term with people at Lüdertal School and support them. It provides opportunities to try out different formats and processes, change and adapt them, and actually build on experiences. More than anything, I’m looking forward to making a connection with the students and learning from them.
I am
full of contrasts, but I never tire of looking closely at everything and thinking about what I can make out of it. It’s hard, but wonderful at the same time. One day I’d really like to be like an octopus or a shapeshifter, curious and cunning.
I dream of
the world. Putting everything in proportion, making the space we live in fairer. Including at last the needs and requirements of vulnerable groups. Feeling delight at change, staying on the move and thinking from small to big (and sometimes the other way round!).
“For me, working with people and different sectors of society is a collective learning process that’s very much shaped by joy and a wllingness to persevere.”
Eva Funk, artist-in-residence 2021/2022
For me school means
a social environment in which children and young people spend a considerable portion of their lives. a social environment in which children and young people spend a considerable portion of their lives. This is where different realities in life encounter one another and have to be withstood and negotiated. Looking back, it’s astonishing to think about how much time I spent in the institution of school. had fair to middling experiences there, but I was also lucky with how you get your own space to grow as a student and your decisions are taken seriously.
“unlearn” something after school
The power and energy that can come from that is huge! But I’d have liked to have had the opportunity to exchange ideas more with people who have different experiences of life and that way get a different view of our society. In my opinion, the fact that you have to “unlearn” (forget) something after school in order to navigate through the world more flexibly and steadily with all its demands, obligations and rights speaks for itself.
My favourite place is…
more a condition. Relaxed, confident and open to new impressions. It’s not tied to a particular place, and every time I really manage to be all those things at the same time, I feel free and light. It means being at home in myself.
Every person…
comes with their own story. Often it’s not the written down or the obvious that I most like to hear and see. It’s what happens incidentally and goes awry, sometimes away from the standard notion of success, and so is more closely linked to other people’s lives. This gives rise to dialogues and relationships that have enabled me to get to know places, people and their customs, and sometimes I’m even allowed to weave myself into it for a small part of the way. This allows new stories to be invented with open endings that can be built on.
In everyday life…
I like to take things slowly. Everything and everyone needs time and has their own tempo. Here and in my artistic practice, I deal with behaviours and gestures of the fleeting, of relaxation and of enjoyment. I’m always amazed how steadily and how hard you work sometimes for a moment of lightness. But it’s worth it!