Mirjam
Yazïra
Kroker
Born somewhere on the planet; in the year in which Malaysia and Singapore change their clocks to the same time zone; the first computer virus is discovered; Senegal and Gambia found the Senegambia Confederation; the Sabra and Shatila massacre is committed in the city of Beirut; the Hama massacre in Syria begins; the Lebanon War takes place; there are renewed protests and clashes between demonstrators and the police in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo, and the predominantly Albanian population of Kosovo demands that their autonomous part of the country be detached from its formal affiliation with Serbia and become an independent republic; the Federal-Länder Commission for Educational Planning in Germany ceases its work due to a lack of funding; the follow-up meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) resumes in Madrid; Helsinki-Metro opens to the public as Finland's first rapid transit system; Argentinian forces occupy the British Crown Colony of the Falkland Islands, for which Argentina claims sovereignty, prompting the British government to break off diplomatic relations with Argentina and, on 5 April, decide to deploy naval units to the Falkland Islands. the singer Nicole, actually Nicole Hohloch, from Neunkirchen, wins the "Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson" with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden"; Israel returns the Sinai Peninsula completely to Egypt, thus achieving a certain easing of the Middle East conflict; the second environmental conference of the UN environmental organisation UNEP takes place in Nairobi, attended by representatives from over 130 countries, with an appeal to do more for environmental protection; the Turkish woman Semra Ertan Bilir burns herself to death in Hamburg in protest against xenophobia in the Federal Republic of Germany; health warnings on cigarette packets become mandatory in Hong Kong; the exhibition "Video Art in Germany 1963-1982" at the Kölnischer Kunstverein shows the works of renowned video artists, including Nam June Paik (it is said that this exhibition gives video art museum status for the first time); a NATO summit meeting is held in Bonn and around 400. 000 to 500,000 people demonstrate for peace in the city; the Federal Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany decides to only grant education grants for students as loans in future; the US film "E. T - The Extra-Terrestrial" is released in cinemas across Germany; a powerful earthquake shakes south-west Yemen; Time magazine names a computer "Man of the Year" for the first time; the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the Mexican politician Alfonso Garcia Robles (1911-1991), who initiated the treaty on a nuclear-free zone in Latin America in 1967, and to the Swedish nuclear war expert Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), who campaigned for social justice and disarmament; it is also the year in which the longest lunar eclipse of the 20th century takes place, with the total duration of the eclipse being one hour. century, with a total duration of 236 minutes.
Connecting as a semi-nomadic living ecosystem and planetary citizen, Mirjam Yazïra Kroker moves within transitory and liminal spaces where art, imaginaries, and lived realities interweave. With an academic background in Fine Arts, Cultural, and Social Anthropology, their creations emerge through fluid constellations that sense and respond to the interconnectedness of worlds and the entanglements of all that co-exists within them.
Their artistic inquiry explores manifold ways of knowing and doing — navigating modalities that co-inhabit, reflect, and reimagine how worlds come into relation. This involves acquiring, co-producing, and sharing knowledge in its many manifestations, always attuned to the subtle connections shaping human and more-than-human realities.
Their work has been recognized through awards and fellowships including Stiftung Kunstfonds (2022), Saxon State Scholarship (2019–21), IFA Research Grant (2016), Austrian Research Society ÖFG (2013), and the STEP BEYOND Travel Grant (2016). International residencies such as Cultureland NL (Amsterdam) and Örö Island (Finland) have expanded their collaborative approach with the planet as a co-agent.
They share with others the belief that what is needed is a planetary art — one that is cosmo-public, based on trans-, intra-, and extra-relational connections of all matter. A planetary aesthetics grounded in friendly solidarity among beings and things, pointing toward the urgently needed shift for a co-inhabitable planet. This, too, is a matter of cosmo-poetics.
The on/off collaboration collective, which they co-founded, explores ways of working together beyond geographical limitations. Their work was made accessible to wider audiences through an invitation from the Museum Casa del Lago in Mexico City (2016).