Benutzer:Pauline Anne Meyer/Martina Morger

Martina Morger (born 1989) is a multi-disciplinary performance artist based between Northern Germany, Liechtenstein and Eastern Switzerland[1] who works in performance and installation, video, and sculpture. She is best known for her public interventions and performances drawn from objects and occurences of everyday life.[2]

Early life and education

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Born in Vaduz, Morger spent her teenage years between Liechtenstein and the neighbouring states of St. Gallen in Switzerland and Vorarlberg in Austria actively pursued an interest in dancing and singing.[3]

She completed a BA from the University of Zurich in Media & Communication in 2010 before redirecting her practice to Fine Arts in 2015. She received a BA in Fine Arts at the Zurich University of Arts and in Transmedia Arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 2018 and a MA in Fine Arts Practice at the Glasgow School of Arts in 2019.[4]

Morger’s practice reflects on the embodied experience of change and separation in shared spaces and often intends to initiate "moments of communal witnessing" by drawing awareness to subversive potentials in public settings.[5]

Recurring motifs

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Washing and gestures of affection towards objects on public display occurred both in Lèche Vitrines (2020) and Cleaning Her (2017).[6][7] Platters in Serving (2021) and buckets in Window Shopping (2021) appear in continuous reference to past performances Cleaning and Alles Hat Ein Ende (2018) respectively  as discarded objects.[8] Absent and decaying items feature prominently in Morger’s work,[9] serving as foils to desired articles in Distant Lover (2021)[10] and being central in Fossils (2022).

  1. Bio. In: Martina Morger. Abgerufen am 10. April 2024 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  2. Gesichter & Geschichten - Martina Morger erhält den Manor Kunstpreis St. Gallen 2021 - Play SRF. Abgerufen am 10. April 2024.
  3. «Man muss sich auch darstellen wollen». 3. September 2014, abgerufen am 10. April 2024.
  4. Bio. In: Martina Morger. Abgerufen am 10. April 2024 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  5. Gesichter & Geschichten - Martina Morger erhält den Manor Kunstpreis St. Gallen 2021 - Play SRF. Abgerufen am 10. April 2024.
  6. Martina Morger — Lecken statt kaufen, gestalten statt verharren | Kunstbulletin. Abgerufen am 10. April 2024.
  7. Performance: Cleaning Her. 29. September 2019, abgerufen am 10. April 2024 (englisch).
  8. Christina Genova: Sie zwitschern, gackern und krächzen im Stadtpark. 20. August 2018, abgerufen am 10. April 2024.
  9. Kristin Schmidt: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein: Martina Morger zeigt mit "Are We Dead Yet?". 29. März 2023, abgerufen am 10. April 2024.
  10. Martina Morger - Distant Lover. Initiated by Nadia Veronese. Abgerufen am 10. April 2024.