PAPER PRESENTATIONS AT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUMS/CONFERENCES

2010

22 June, Place, Space and Identity, Leeds Met Annual Postgraduate Research Student Conference 2010, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK

Somewhere to Belong: Welcome to Mama’s Garden!

Abstract

In this paper, I will talk about the last chapter of my practice-based PhD, which explores the concept of ‘belonging’ and the use of the artistic methodologies of creating a space and performing in that created space for a fixed period of time. One’s identity is formed from hundreds of particles of memories and continues to re-shape itself in reaction to different personal experiences. And the most significant of all changes in one’s life is, relocation from a place one call it as a home. The fundamental element of the concept of ‘belonging’ is based on a complex dimension of a feeling of a ‘displaced’ individual. The act of re-enacting the feeling of ‘belonging’ temporarily provokes the hidden emotions of the individual who is engaged in it. This particular behaviour of seeking for somewhere to belong is a constant but subtle process of a shaping of a new identity.

I will take an example of my recent public art installation titled ‘Mama’s Garden: Words of Love’ as an evidence of the methods mentioned above. As part of the preparation of the project, I carried out two performances and produced series of self-portraits wearing handmade dress and my mother’s garments. After that I created a site-specific art installation inspired by my mother’s dream to have a garden and I performed as a hostess of the garden for 8 days wearing my mother’s garment and engaged with public directly.

keywords: belonging; identity; art installation; performance; public art

2009

27 January, Research Student Presentation, The Leeds School of Contemporary Art & Graphic Design, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK

2008

18-20 July, Cultures in Transit, Research Conference, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK

2 July, Communication and Participation, Leeds Met Annual Postgraduate Research Student Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK

2007

June, Do/ Be/ Do/Do/ Be, Research Symposium, The Leeds School of Contemporary Art & Graphic Design, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK

2006

24 February, Space – Location / Mapping – Networks, Research symposium, The Leeds School of Contemporary Art & Graphic Design, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK

PUBLICATIONS/ REVIEWS

2010

‘A Change of Art’ by Rod McPhee, an article published in the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP). Published date: 9 April 2010.

2008-2010

SILKHIGHWAY project blog, critical writings, English-Mongolian-English translation of artists’ profiles and communication on www.silkhighway-dialogue.blogspot.com

2007

ODOO/ CURRENT: An exhibition of work 12 UK based artists, an exhibition catalogue, main essay by Jill Morgan, Leeds Metropolitan University publication (ISBN 978-0955501715)

2005

WORK: POSTGRADUATE & DESIGN, a compilation of works by postgraduate students, Leeds Metropolitan University publication

2005

FROM THE ORDINARY, a group exhibition catalogue and leaflet, main text by Moira Innes, Curator of LeedsMet Art Gallery