Everyday Art, Art of the Everyday (2005-2006), one-year project
Skopje, Macedonia
In this one-year project with a previously determined timeframe (03.01.2005 - 03.01.2006), the artist meticulously, and often obsessively, described what happened each day of the year and what her thoughts on it were. She illustrated different situations in her life (e.g. preparing an art festival application/exhibition, looking for a job, being ill, travelling abroad), noted her mundane “rituals” (e.g. eating, sleeping, watching TV), and discussed current topics (e.g. the Macedonian art scene, the artists’ professional development, the war against terror, the visa regime).
Often humorous and (self-)critical, these texts not only observe and analyse the environment we live in, but also present an objective self-reflection, which everyone can identify with.
The everyday methodical and mechanical “making of art” is also a form of research into the relationship between art and everyday life, raising two key questions: Can the creation of art be a routine and disciplinary everyday activity?, and is everyday life a continuous art performance?
