A Corner in the World Begins Today
A Corner in the World in which 15 different performances will take place in 12 different places for two weeks begins today.
The production of the festival that will last until October 28 is being undertaken by artist collective Köşe from Yeldeğirmeni neighborhood of Kadıköy district. The performances to be staged in Kadıköy and Beyoğlu are composed of dance, theater and music shows.
Neighbor but far
Artists from Syria, Armenia, Greece, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran partake in the festival intending to bring together the artists who make production in nearby geographies but cannot find the chance to watch and experience each others' works, and develop dialogue by sharing the same stage.
Questions & Answers conversations will be held with the participation of the artists after premier of each performance in the festival. In the Residency section of the festival, artists' works that are produced during their 1-month visit in İstanbul will be exhibited.
Festival question
Question of the festival, which will be organized the first time this year, is about the way art paved: "How do our artistic experiences transform our imagination as to what is possible in the world?"
One of prominent works of the festival, "Camera is here: Shorts from Syria", is a selection of short movies thinking on different experiences lived in Syria.
The selection will be showing at Halka Sanat, ArtHereIstanbul, Atölye Hangart and Komşu Kafe till the end of the festival between the hours of 11:00:19:00.
The performance named "Kurtuluş'ta Oturuyorum" (I live in Kurtuluş) will be staged at Moda Aramyan Uncuyan Derneği. The work defined as "show trial" is introduced in the program as follows:
"It is about songs that shaped us, that we sang at the top of our voice and danced without knowing them in İstanbul, Beirut, Paris, London, Montreal, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo, Cairo. Tape recordings, archive sounds, buckling and cliche songs, maybe Anatolian folk dances, and a bit of live music and dance, and color of course!"
Here is the festival program:
October 14, Wednesday, 19:00: Kamera Burada (Camera is Here) Shorts from Syria Opening Cocktail, Halka Sanat
20:30 Blade Bones and Opening Party, Kargart, Kadıköy
October 15, Thursday, 20:30: Room, St. Joseph Fransız Lisesi, Moda
October 16, Friday, 18:00: The Maids, Çatı/TAL, Tophane
October 17, Saturday, 20:00: The Mais, Çatı/TAL, Tophane
21:00 Medz Bazar Concert, Kargart, Kadıköy
October 18, Sunday, 21:00: No Border Concert, Yeldeğirmeni Sanat, Kadıköy
October 19, Monday, 20:00: A Boy and His Dog, Kadıköy Terminal
October 20, Tuesday, 20:00:
October 21, Wednesday, 20:00: 4 Kapı 40 Makam (4 Doors 40 Posts), Kadıköy Theatron 21:30 Şop (İz) Concert, Kargart, Kadıköy
October 22, Thursday, 20:00: A lover of the Same Fall, Kargart
October 23, Friday, 20:00: DI TUWALETÊ DE, Kadıköy Theatron
October 24, Saturday, 20:00: Images: Containers as Social Landscapes, Kadıköy Theatron
October 25, Sunday, 11:00: Pazar Sohbetleri (Sunday Chattings), Kadıköy, Theatron
October 26, Monday, 21:00: Saba Barada Concert, Kargart
October 27, Tuesday, 20:00: Vomank Concert, Yeldeğirmeni Sanat, Kadıköy
October 28, Wednesday, 20:00: Kurtuluş'ta Oturuyorum (I Live in Kurtuluş) and Closing Cocktail, Moda Aramyan Derneği (AE/NV/TK)
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