Ephemerki are a performance duo (Jasna Dimitrovska b. 1983, Dragana Zarevska b. 1985) from Skopje, working between Skopje, Prague and Berlin. Their work started in 2011 and is focused on experiments with language and encoding contemporary philosophy concepts into ordinary life anecdotes. The name of the duo is a humorous derivate of Bapchorki- a band of grannies who used to sing Macedonian traditional songs in a polyphonic nasal style, suggesting that Ephemerki are Bapchorki's ephemeral contemporary version.
"Ever since we met we were working on language-based artworks. We are both fans of that childhood thing; when you don’t know what a word means and you try to assign your own meaning to it. That information gap, that limbo between the time you are having your own meaning of a word and you control it, and the time you get informed about the “real” meaning - opens up the imagination, and lets Wittgenstein in. You become an L-man/L-woman, where L stands for “language”. We wanted to have that again as adults, and sculpt with language by making performances full of layers of philosophy, up-to-date scientific data, with added various elements of insanity. Our last project “Contexter vs. Discoursor” is a performance about gaining and sustaining power through language. And language is being made by the mysterious objects called The Curatables." |
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Ephemerki
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