Jasmin Kiranoglu is a performance artist and performing artist. She was born in Hamburg in 1993 and grew up in Antalya, Berlin, and Munich until she came to Bern in 2013 to study "Drama" at the University of the Arts. She completed her studies in 2018 with a master's degree in "Expanded Theater." During this time, the desire to deepen her own artistic practice became prominent. Since then, she has worked as a freelance performer and actress. Her curiosity for classical performance art and visual arts steadily grew, leading her to resume part-time studies in 2021 in the "Contemporary Arts Practice" master's program with a focus on performance and visual arts.

"In my performances, I primarily explore empathy, human vulnerability, and psychological and physical resilience. I also delve into the inner and outer world, revelation and concealment, separation, disunity, rifts, scars, resilience, healing, farewell, and transformation. I aim not only to anthropomorphize my object, the orange, exclusively but rather to create a space that evokes various associations. This includes equating the orange with the human psyche and body. Simultaneously, I examine the sensuality, materiality, color, and form of the orange. While I perform, I strive to touch and be touched, experience changes in my own perception, encounter attraction or repulsion, and explore the ambivalence of these poles. I want to feel my inner self and experience my own vitality, undergo emotional and sensory touch, inspire others through my fascination, generate concentration, intensity, and resonance, and ensure that my performance is accessible to a broad audience."

 

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