...The Australian Aboriginal ethnic
group "The True People" believes that all people possess a
variety of talents. They try their hand at being musicians, healers,
cooks, storytellers and many other things throughout their lives,
always giving themselves the appropriate new names and titles....
Juttanova has inhabited this planet in female form since 1963.
Life
is a challenge for her, which she was not quite up to at first. How
could she? To live is to learn, and to learn is to learn to live. When
she was little, she was said to be a stand-up girl, because she wanted
to walk early but constantly fell down, but always helped herself up
again with a beaming smile. Many years were to pass like this, learning
to live, falling down, picking herself up and smiling. It was not always
easy and the smile disappeared for a while. It was very difficult at
times, but for whom not.
2011 was a year of many events; the death of
her brother, her own illness and the first conscious processing of the
most traumatic parts of her life, expressed through art, art as a
lifesaver, and last but not least the public discovery of her
photographic talents and the first exhibition of her works.
The
processing of her personal traumatic experiences had culminated in a
video work, to which she gave the title "Te Doy Mis Hijos". Title as
well as the accompanying text were in Spanish, because Juttanova was and
had been for some time comfortable in this culture that had taken her
under its wing. The city of Madrid had become her substitute home;
(Madrid/madre/mother). Translated "Te Doy Mis Hijos" means I give you
my children. This title was inspired by a very impressive spanish film
about gender violence, which reflected parts of her own experiences and
was called "Te Doy Mis Ojos" which means I give you my eyes. Now
the reader should put one and one together, because this topic will not
be discussed further here. Yesterday's snow, which has long since thawed
and in the meantime has caused many little flowers to grow.
Juttanova
starts this new webpage in the year 2021, a not quite ordinary year.
The name Juttanova is also new. The motto is, my career as a person, and
indeed of a person who tries to master life artistically and so it
includes not only photography, but also personal experiences and other
talents or forms of expression that she has developed during the years on this planet.
Writing as well as singing and speaking
are other facets of Juttanova. The wider the spectrum the better.
Because Juttanova cannot be put into small pigeonholes. Juttanova is at
home everywhere in many disciplines, languages and countries.
But now
let's go back to 2011, the decisive year, the year in which the public
first became aware of her, and back to photography.
2011 saw the
first public exhibition of her photographic works. The title at that
time, like all the following ones, was autobiographical: "Homenaje A Mi
Hermano", which means homage to my brother. After that came more
exhibitions, each reflecting in a certain way important steps of her own
evolution with titles like "Tudo Beleza" 2011 portuguese for everything is fine or
everything is beautiful, "Life Could Be A Dream" 2012,
"Live And Let Die" 2013, "Fin Du Siècle" 2013 french for end of the century,
“Un Pájaro Nacido En Una Jaula Cree Que Volar Es Una Enfermedad”
2014 spanish for a bird, born in a cage believes that to fly is an illness
"No Corras Contemporáneo, Contempla" 2014 meaning don't race contemporary, stop
and contemplate, "2015-Année Érotique" 2015 was an erotic year and "Qué Es Volar" 2016 spanish for what is flying.
In
2014 she starts as a voice-over artist and since then she lends her
voice to advertising, businesses and museums. This was very unprobable
for a long time, because she had been much too scared, shy and
insecure and talking was hell for her for quite a time, she would
stutter, stammer and utter mostly unintelligible
mumblings at a frantic pace.
In 2015, however, she already had
enough courage and self-confidence to successfully introduce herself as a
mezzo-soprano in a Madrid gospel choir. Singing and music was something
she had dreamed of since she was a child. She was eleven when her uncle
had given her a piano. Today, she rewrites song lyrics, sings in many
different languages, and is growing tremendously as a soloist.
Her
writing talent has developed almost inevitably during the blows of fate
she suffered. And one does not only grow older but also, if things
go well, wiser with time, doesn't one? Juttanova in any way accepts almost every
challenge, loves to laugh and doesn't fall down so often anymore. Her
life is not anymore dull and serious and she always
comes up with something. Maybe we still have to hear, see and read a lot
from her, as from many a (naughty) boy or girl. In any case, one can be
expectant.
(written right after chosing the new name, the corresponding logo and this new webpage)