ALEKSANDRA ROCHJUSTYNA ATAMAN

selected artworks 2012/2013

They-

VisibleAdmirableSellable

All want to be They at some point. All will not admit it because it is the failure.

We risk - We loose - We win

We seek - We find more is lost.

Long term struggle to situate oneself within the popular culture and to find ones' place in a cogwheel of the capitalistic machine.

We are global.We are universal.

We are a reflection of the screens and images that follow us

We are independent.We are unique.

We are the future and the history we act against.

Ladies and Gentleman!Let the things assist you,secure your position,put you in the right frame of mind.

We are here, for you...

TOO OLD TO BE A BUNNYDate made: 11/2013, ( Image form rehearsal/private viewing)Medium: performanceDuration:40 minExhibited: to be performed: 02/2014 in RSA,Edinburgh; Camera: Mihai Scorpan

Love me, stroke me, cuddle, care. I will be your wee cutesy. I will get the biggest croissant and and you will let me take your seat in a bus. But the costume is a bit tight... I cant’t quite spread my legs without getting a huge hole in the croach.. Maybe we can help each other to stretch it

so it fits our new grown forms and characters? We care , we hurt, we beautify, we uglify , we merge, we challenge. We include.Research into interpersonal relations and representation.

WHEN I MET UDate made: 12/2013, Medium: performanceDuration:15 minExhibited: Anatomy- performance evening, Summerhall, EdinburghCamera: Mihai Scorpan, Harry Gilles whatever comes out will always come back

it does it will

what will come to you out of you on this daywhat will come out of I what will come to I

transformation direction

We become onewe are the one

through and by the spectrumof bodily and out of bodily

signs and interactionswe exchange

all this beauty and ugliness and love and hatredand everything else that makes us humans

we don’t bear itwe don’t fear it

all alone never again

ART MUST MAKE ECONOMIC CASEDate made: 05-06/2013,Medium: 4 videos/4 screens, furniture, digital printsExhibited: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2013

Discovering the relations between sex, power and economy, the purpose of our actions was to trigger questions of how those relations are present in advertising and how they influence our everyday life. Video, photographs, text and sound that was recorded primary as a documentation, developed to be a work by itself, presented as a video

installation and feeding our new projects and ideas.This interactive installation adapted environment of Ikea into a multimedia hob, where the viewer could experience a variety of our actions.

Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhFT8XFZyzU, https://vimeo.com/68614109 See more here

LIFE DESIGNDate made: 01/2013Medium: Performance, Video, Installation:Desk, Swivel chair, desk lamp, laptop, projectorDuration: 10:00 minExhibited: Act 2 ,Glasgow School of ArtCamera: Marcin B.

We went to Ikea store.We brought our portraits taken at home. We placed them inside Ikea’s display frames. We put the frames in the display rooms. We got into character, entered display rooms.

We asked passing shoppers to take a photo of us.We asked them to direct us as to what we should do and how should we pose.People were happy to participate. One of them said she was sure we are mannequins

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYO-ousySg

LADIES AND GENTELMEN LET ME ADVERTISE YOUDate made: 05/2013Medium: VideoDuration: 01:00Exhibited: Transmission Members Show, Transmission, GlasgowCamera: Bartek Kloc, Edyta Majewska

We asked people in small businesses and public places if they would like to be advertised. We have created a facebook-based company called: Creative Promotion Jusaya.

Video: http://vimeo.com/67592061 ,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfZIbhd1KYk

ONGOING INTERVENTIONS IN PUBLIC SPACESDate made: 2012-2013 (ongoing project) Medium: performanceDuration: 2hExhibited: various locationsPhotography: Marcin B.

WWe dress identical. we put identical make ups and wigs on. we wear identical outfits.we go to the clothing shops. middle range.we stop inside and stand still looking at each other. every time the staff gets upset. they get people to force us out. they call the police. the police are very rude.

they show angry emotions. once Justyna was pushed by one. forced out of the shops we go to the halls, stand outside or just randomly on the street.people want to know why. what are we doing.

we want to be loved and accepted but we do not do it only for attention. we want them to think reflect.we want us to think and reflect.

FREE MONEY Date made: 2012,Medium: Happening, Participatory performanceDuration: 3 hoursExhibited: Sauchiehall Street, GlasgowPhotoghraphy: Gordon Douglas

Participants were asked to place the money they had with them (or borrow some) on a mirror and stand for 5 minutes at least under the sign Free Money. The situation caused interesting discussion about ethics and morality. Half of the participants agreed to take part

and responded to the situation in an individual ways, encouraging or discouraging passers by to take the money or ignoring the situation. Another half observed the situation at the distance, discussing the impact on the surrounding environment.

PUBLIC ART PROJECT AT THE PLATFORMDate made: 03/2013,Medium: workshops, events, video, installationDuration: 2 months projectExhibited: Tilt, group exhibition at the Bridge, Easterhouse, GlasgowPhotography: Alex Harvey

Through a series of open to public workshops we have devised an individual project with Pauline Healy and series of public interventions. The neglected public Demonstration Garden, has become a waste ground, used only by a few. People understood what needed to be done but the responsibility for the upkeep of the site was fragmented. Through interviewing passers by and residents we came to conclusion that most people would like to see the space serve a wider community purpose. Reflecting on interviews with local community, we decided temporary activate the garden. Residents indicated that the garden could be a place for children to play, for neighbours to gather, or as a garden for the nearby Health Centre. On deciding to clear up the garden, we were approached by a number of people interested in our actions, however it was only the current users of the space that decided to help us clean. Aleksandra decided to donate her dust bin as there was no means for clearing the garden. The bin was transported from Barrhead to

Baillieston with a short video recording the action projected on the indoor entrance wall at the Bridge during the exhibition.

THE FAME OF USDate made: 10/2013,Medium: performance, music videoDuration: 2x 2h performanceExhibited: Sonica 2013: produced for Picture Window, South Block and The Grassroots GlasgowJustyna Ataman and Amy PIckles. Watch video on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtZpBOWU1Go

Responding to the context of a shop front location in the city, The Fame of Us was a live performance; the shooting of a music video witnessed through the shop window by passing onlookers. The edited video and song was projected the following week with one performer and director attempting to recreate the work.Working collaboratively through conceived roles of Star and Director, we explored the stereotype of the pop star and tried to unravel the impossible character by presenting her personal flaws and anxieties. Presenting an alternative video alongside the finished product, the viewers expectations shift as they become uncertain of the works motives - a feeling mirrored by that of the Star.     

LET YOUR BODY SPEAKDate made: 08/2013,Medium: PerformanceDuration: 20 minExhibited: Encontrarte Art Festival, PortugalAleksandra Roch and Kevin Wilhelm Krux

Performance in collaboration with German artist Kevin Wilhelm Krux . We were focusing on a notion of naked body used in a non sexual interaction, we attempted to create communication without words and focused on being innocently playful and pure.