... entered a human vessel 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.
mirjam kroker (they/them/theirs)
Connecting as a semi-nomadic living ecosystem and a planetary citizen of the cosmos, with an academic background in Fine Arts/Culture and Social Anthropology their creations emerge within a transitory space - and liminal mesh that interweaves art, anthro - imaginaries and life-worlds realities. These practices unfold with tentacular movements that traverse and transcend disciplinary boundaries, tracing the interconnectedness of worlds and entanglements of all that coexisats within them.
Their artistic inquiry delves into myriad ways of knowing and doing, navigating modalities that co-inhabit, reflect, and reimagine - entangled within the connections that constitute worlds and everything that co-exists within in. This includes acquiring, producing, co-producing, adapting, integrating, and disseminating knowing in its manifold manifestations, always attuned to the connections that shape the shared realities of human and more-than-human worlds.
Their work has been recognized and supported through various awards, grants, and fellowships, including the Stiftung Kunstfonds (2022), Saxon State Scholarship (2019/21), IFA Research Grant (2016), Austrian Research Society ÖFG (2013), and the STEP BEYOND Travel Grant (2016). They have also participated in international artist-in-residence programs, such as Cultureland NL in Amsterdam and Örö Island Residency in Finland, which have enriched and expanded the approach of their collaborative practice with the planet.
& they agree with others that we need a planetary art that is cosmo-public and is based on the trans-connection, intra-connections, and extraintra of all matter. The human and the more than human, deep enough that it fosters friendly solidarity of all matter for a planetary aesthetics that points out this urgently needed shift for an co-inhabitable planet for all matter. This is a matter of cosmetics.
The collaborative efforts of on/off collaboration that I cofounded as a member, to seek to work together beyond geographical limitations while being situated in disparate geographical locations were made accessible to a wider public audience by the invitation from the Museum Casa del LAGO in Mexico City in 2016.