Aylin Leipold: Weiter

V četrtek, 18. 12. 2025 te ob 19.00 vabimo v OBRAT – prostor umetnosti in participacije na otvoritev razstave rezidenčne umetnice Aylin Leipold z naslovm Weiter.

Razstava bo v OBRATU na ogled vsak delavnik med 13.00 in 18.00 do 16. 1. 2026, razen med 24. 12. 2025 in 4. 1. 2026, ko bo prostor zaprt.

Umetnica je tekom rezidenčnega bivanja raziskovala temo poti in potovanja gostujočih delavcev, ki so migrirali med Turčijo in Nemčijo, Maribor pa je bil ena od točk njihove poti. Razstava z naslovom »Weiter« v nemščini pomeni: nadaljevanje, naprej, drugače, drug, prihodnost, dlje, onkraj.

O svojem delu zapiše: »Razstava raziskuje spomine na tako imenovano pot gostujočih delavcev v spominih moje družine in družinskih prijateljev. Pot gostujočih delavcev se nanaša na počitniško pot, ki so jo turški, grški in jugoslovanski delavci migranti iz zahodne Evrope uporabljali za vožnjo v svoje domovine poleti. Od 60. let dalje do začetka jugoslovanske vojne leta 1991 so pot, ki je vodila skozi Nemčijo, Avstrijo in današnjo Slovenijo, Hrvaško, Srbijo in Bolgarijo do Turčije, pogosto uporabljale na tisoče družin, ki so se poleti vračale domov. Maribor je bilo eno od mest na poti, skozi katero so vsako leto potovali.«

AYLIN LEIPOLD je multidisciplinarna umetnica, ki deluje v Londonu. Njeno delo sega vse od risanja in slikanja do oblikovanja kovine in lesa, grafike, videa in instalacij. Ukvarja se z različnimi vrstami izgube pomena in premiki vrednot, zlasti kadar so te posledica reprodukcije, reprezentacije ali prevajalskih procesov. Najdene slike, besedila in predmeti se spremenijo v nove predmete in prenesejo v nove kontekste – z distancami, vrzelimi in razmiki so umetniška dela odvisna od svojega okolja. Diplomirala je iz nemškega prava, leta 2025 pa je diplomirala iz likovne umetnosti na Central Saint Martins, Univerzi za umetnost v Londonu.

Umetnica je delovala na rezidenci v Mariboru v okviru programa SobaZaGosteMaribor v sodelovanju z Markom Faridom, umetnikom, raziskovalcem in predavateljem likovne umetnosti na Central Saint Martins, Univerzi za umetnost v Londonu.

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You are invited to join us at the opening of the exhibition of resident artist Aylin Leipold on Thursday, December 18, at 7 p.m. at Obrat. During her residency, the artist explored the theme of the journeys and travels of migrant workers who migrated between Turkey and Germany, with Maribor representing a crossroads on their route. The title of exhibition ‘Weiter’ has the meaning in german for: continuation, on, else, forth, other, forward, further, future, farther, beyond.

The exhibition explores memories of the so-called guestworker route in the memories of her family and family’s friends’ history. The guestworker route refers to the holiday route that would be used by Turkish, Greek, and Yugoslavian migrant workers from Western Europe, to drive to their home countries during the summer. From the 1960s onwards up until the start of the Yugoslavian war in 1991, the route, going through Germany, Austria, and what is now Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria to Turkey, would be used heavily by hundreds of thousands of families who were travelling home over summer. Maribor was one of the cities along the route that would be passed through by the travellers every year.

AYLIN LEIPOLD is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. Her work ranges from drawing and painting to metal and wood design, graphics, video, and installations. She deals with various types of loss of meaning and shifts in values, especially when these are the result of reproduction, representation, or translation processes. Found images, texts, and objects are transformed into new objects and transferred into new contexts—with distances, gaps, and intervals, the artworks depend on their surroundings. She graduated in German law and in 2025 graduated in fine art from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

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SobaZaGosteMaribor je program Pekarne Magdalenske mreže Maribor, ki od leta 2011 razvija in organizira umetniške rezidence. V letu 2025 ga sofinancira Ministrstvo za kulturo RS, Mestna občina Maribor, podpira ga Vetrinjski dvor, Narodni dom Maribor.

GuestRoomMaribor is a program of the Pekarna Magdalenska mreža Maribor, which has been developing and organizing artist residencies since 2011. In 2025, it is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the City Municipality of Maribor, and supported by Vetrinjski dvor and Narodni dom Maribor.