TIRANA, Oct. 4 – An artistic performance from the Haveit collective will take place in Bazament art space in Tirana through October 4 to 25, called ‘’Wild Beast.’’
In their new performance and installation, Haveit collective takes as their subject the phenomenon of the ‘curses.’
It is very typical in Albanian families that mothers use curses upon their children to ‘teach’ them a proper behavior or punish them. The mostly violent language of the curses is justified as a tool of disciplinary measure of teaching the ethics of behavior.
By exposing this language and making public what is private, Haveit tries to expose how problematic this aggressive language frequently used as means of communication and education really is, and how it manifests itself later in constructing of a violent patriarchal society. Also, this sort of language somehow it is still present in the adult life and reproduces itself in all other social relations.
Haveit is an art collective founded in Prishtina, Kosovo in 2011 by Alketa Sylaj, Vesa Qena, and Arberore Sylaj. Using performative arts, protests and video installations as spinal to their work, they are often seen and considered dangerous in predominantly patriarchal societies. Their practice includes exhibitions and invasion of public spaces.
