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Being Strong Is Hard
by Leyla Yenirce
Germany, 2021, 4’13’’
Presented at the 17th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2024
Film part of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images 13th edizione, 2024
The film is a rapid flow of images, gathered online or created by the artist, featuring Kurdish activists, journalists, and fighters—mostly women—facing the camera, often smiling, accompanied by electronic music. The work, which the artist herself describes as an “image machine,” combines concepts of solidarity and resistance and serves as a tribute to those who have been killed or who are still fighting.
Leyla Yenirce (Germany/ Kurdistan, 1992) Lives and works in Berlin.
Recent exhibitions, screenings, and performances include: HFBK Neue Kunst in Hamburg; Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg; Kunsthaus, Hamburg; Capitain Petzel, Berlin; Schiefe Zähne, Berlin; Kunsthalle Münster; International Film Festival Rotterdam; Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne; Studio Mondial, Berlin; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Braunsfelder, Cologne; Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; Sophiensæle, Berlin.
Recent exhibitions, screenings, and performances include: HFBK Neue Kunst in Hamburg; Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg; Kunsthaus, Hamburg; Capitain Petzel, Berlin; Schiefe Zähne, Berlin; Kunsthalle Münster; International Film Festival Rotterdam; Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne; Studio Mondial, Berlin; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Braunsfelder, Cologne; Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; Sophiensæle, Berlin.