yoko x nora
“yokoxnora is the love child of comic book heroine yoko tsuno and artist nora hansen. born out of a long standing friendship and mutual admiration yoko and nora have created a collection attributing the wearer with a casual air of adventure and the ideology of friendship.“ Yoko x Nora, 2020, Photo: Maeve O´Neill
yokoxnora is a series of works that probe the merging and expansion of different levels of reality in performance, graphics, textile works, and installations. In a durational performance, artist Nora Hansen experiences fictional adventures as and with the comic book heroine Yoko Tsuno, brought to life as avatar and partner in a shared everyday life. The comic adventures of Yoko Tsuno, as penned by Roger Leloup, revolve around Yoko‘s life as a single mother, electrical engineer and member of a family-like circle of friends. By dressing in Yoko’s reconstructed costumes, the heroine’s friendship-based spirit of adventure is animated by anyone wearing pieces from the collection.
yokoxnora, Mini Bag II (design in collaboration with Lisa-Alice Klosterkötter), Polyester Thread, Silicon, Metal, 2022, Photo: Mary Lake
yokoxnora, Suit III | Backpack II, Nylon Ripstop, Crayon, 2020, Photo: Keta Gavasheli
yokoxnora, Suit II | Bomber III), Silk Organza, Cotton Embroidery Thread, 2017, Photo: Maeve O´Neill
yokoxnora, Bomber I & II, Polyester Organza, Cotton Embroidery Thread, 2017, Photo: Maeve O´Neill
yokoxnora in: Antigone pitched, Julia*n Meding / ANTISEPT, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, 2023, Photo: Tanno Pippi
Performers: Rahel Crawford Barra, Ariel Nil Levy, Julia*n Meding, Director: Julia “n Meding, Tina Turnheim, Dramaturgy, production management: Annett Hardegen, Stage concept: Nadia Fistorol, Valentina Primavera, Collaboration stage: Raiko Sanchez, JW. Vahl, Costume: Nora Hansen, Lighting design, technical direction: Lilith Kautt
yoko x nora in: Planet Of Dreams, Tanja Kodlin, 2022, Photo: Lorenz Obermeier
yokoxnora in: Traumascape, Sophiensaele, 2021, Photo: Tanno Pippi
Performance und Musik: Teta Marie Carangi, Julia*n Meding, Konzept: Julia*n Meding, Annett Hardegen, Raum: Julia König, Kostüm: Nora Hansen, Co-Regie und Dramaturgie: Friederike Hirz Dramaturgie und Produktion: Annett Hardegen Outside-Eye: Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
yokoxnora in: All the Days I owe You, Tanja Kodlin, Kunstausbruch, Stiftung Kunst und Natur, Cologne, 2021, Photo: Lorenz Obermeier
yokoxnora in: VH00219, Jonas Monka, L‘intrus REDUX at Westfälischer Kunstverein, 2019, Film Still: Jones Monka