Berivan and Martin discuss the vulnerability of authenticity, exploitation, catharsis, Nirvana and dance. This is the second in our three part series in which Martin is speaking to the artists involved in the Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020.
Berivan's work for Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020 can be viewed online here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/berivan-erdogan.
Berivan Erdogan (b. 1989, Molde) is based in Oslo and Gothenburg. Her work examines gender and power-relations within a multicultural society, with a specific focus on topics of masculinity and violence. Erdogan has a background in Gender Studies and has undergraduate degrees from both the Art Academy in Oslo, and from Akademin Valand, Gothenburg from where she also received an MA in Fine Arts Film.
Her film ‘Ang. Berivans Film’ premiered at Gothenburg Film Festival (2019) and was screened at Faroe Islands, Pride (2019) and Umeå European Film Festival (2019). She recently exhibited at Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus (2020). Her most recent solo exhibitions and screenings were at SAQMI, Gothenburg (2019); Bio Rio, Stockholm (2019); and Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, Oslo (2019).