Regular Wednesday #2

Sheeko, sheeko

Stories from the there/now Host: Munira Mohamud
With Somia Babiker, Araba-Evelyn Johnston-Arthur, Marissa Lobo, Marwa Yasin

Sheeko, sheeko is a relaxed, open gathering. The welcoming atmosphere fosters a space for sharing stories, experiences, and wisdom from one’s own life and many years of activism.

The event is inspired by Somali narrative practices, in which collective storytelling plays a central role. Sheeko, sheeko (story, story) is a Somali expression often used to incite the telling of stories. Moments to pause and reflect, listen, and pass on knowledge across generations.

The focus is placed on shared struggles, mutual empowerment, and remembering that we are not alone. Many of the questions and challenges that people face today have already been addressed by previous generations. These stories can provide hope, strength, and guidance to navigate the present day.

The collective experiment permanent temporär evolves out of a series of invitations and events with different formats – the Regular Wednesdays – which then culminate in an exhibition whose opening will only take place at the end of the process.

The four thematic fields include space and resources, voids or the (seemingly) absent, programming and participation strategies, and the contradictions between the permanently new and ever-temporary. The project departs from artists’ biographies and the transformations of cultural institutions and concepts of art in recent decades in Vienna and beyond.

Artists and curators Peter Kozek, Munira Mohamud, Francis Ruyter, and Johanna Tinzl were invited to develop and host events, discussion rounds, or other formats as Regular Wednesdays to constitute the exhibition framework.