Past-in-Each-of-Its-Moments-Soloshow-GK-Istanbul

  The subject of historical knowledge is the struggling, oppressed class itself.   This work is dedicated to Osman Kavala.  Past, in Each of its Moments Be Citable is a long-term artistic research project by E. İolanda Patrizia Bach Ruscello. For over a decade, the artist has been wandering through Istanbul – the city she […]

I See the Forest for the Ghosts, Installation views, 2026

Installation-Views, Akademie der Künste, Berlin Vessel & Voyageur: Exhibition of the Junge Akademie fellows with drawings from the series:sugli innumerevoli serpenti che dimorano nelle fessure rocciose (excerpt of ca. 250 drawings, each: pencil on paper, 21 × 29,7 cm)ci sono altre lune (26 drawings, each: pencil on paper, 42 × 29,7 cm)Channel-Drawings (excerpt of about 50 drawings, each: […]

manifesto of a manifesto

In my work Past, in Each of its Moments Be Citable – taking Istanbul as an example, I read Walter Benjamin’s notes On the Concept of History as an artistic manifesto: With the desire to write my own poetic history of the city of Istanbul, I wander and document the city in multiple ways — […]

web-publication

Online Publication A prominently visible QR code in the space points to the continuation of the project.Behind it lies the accompanying website, which conveys the history of the women’s movement in the GDR — and thus also the drawings — through quotations, texts, and archival materials. Viewers are invited to scan the wall with their […]

TEST FÜR PH+Kachel

Trotzdem küsse ich deine Nasenspitze ( Still, I Kiss the Tip of Your Nose) An artistic project on the independent lesbian and women’s movement in the GDR at the Elisabeth Selbert House, Berlin (Unter den Linden) in two parts – dedicated to the courage and perseverance of all the women involved, whose remarkable actions irreversibly […]

Channeling: Drawings

Noch nicht wieder sehen können.Not Yet Able to See Again. Drawings created through and during channeling, ongoing since 2024, initiated in Bosco Serpentara during my residency at Villa Serpentara. Each: pencil on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm

As She Fits The Leaf

As She Fits The Leaf,since 2026, ongoing, each ca. 60 × 42 cm, pencil on paper As She Fits The Leaf Lupa dei boschi; Lupa violacea; Lupa dei prati; Lupa granulosa; Calosoma della boschina; Calosoma inquisitrice; Brachina crepitante; Brachina sclopeta; Pterostica melanaria; Abax parallelepipeda; Nebria del bosco; Harpala affine; Harpala dai piedi rossi; Amara bronzata; […]

Ci sono altre lune

  Ci sono altre lune, 2025/20262 × 13 moons – in dialogue with one anothereach pencil on paper, 42 × 29, 7 cm

2026 – Vessel & Voyager, Berlin

Installation-Views© Joanna Wilk / Junge Akademie, Akademie der Künste Berlin + © Patrizia Bach with drawings from the series:sugli innumerevoli serpenti che dimorano nelle fessure rocciose (excerpt of ca. 250 drawings, each: pencil on paper, 21 × 29,7 cm)ci sono altre lune (26 drawings, each: pencil on paper, 42 × 29,7 cm)Channel-Drawings (excerpt of about […]

2025 – Lecture Performance, Istanbul (TR)

lecture performanceOn the Concept of History as part of my ongoing research workVergangenheit, in jedem ihrer Momente zitierbar || Past, in Each of its Moments be Citable || Her Anıyla Alıntılanan Geçmiş at the  Gaza Biennale – The Istanbul Pavilion: A Cloud in My Hand together with Aslı Odman, A.S. Bruckstein Çoruh, Khaled Alsaid Videography: […]