TIMEA ANITA ORAVECZ  

 Karaoke, 2010 
Interactive Performance during the exhibition Transparent Rooms Galerie M, Berlin-Marzhan
27.03.2010


The majority of the Vietnamese residents in West Berlin came between the end of the 1970’s and mid 1980’s as contingent refugees from South Vietnam. At present, there are about 10,000 Vietnamese citizens registered. Out of these 10,000, about 8,000 live in the east part of the city.
Those who stayed were confronted with difficulties such as language barriers, unemployment and xenophobia.
Many of the Vietnamese women lived their daily lives relatively isolated from the German population. A whole new perspective opened up as they got work.
Through collaboration at work, talks about worries and personal problems, and through vacation travels and cooking, all with German women, the Vietnamese women slowly began to immerse themselves in German culture and language.


 Transparent Rooms Exhibition 
 Backstage 
 Workshops 
 Landing in Dreamland 
 Container 
 Wishes are flying up to the stars