“Pedestrians on the Stoney Bridge” is a multi-faceted / inter-disciplinary project designed by Şafak Ersözlü and produced by Sarp Keskiner that includes a series of public contemporary performances executed on historical public bridges in six towns of Manisa, Izmir, Balıkesir and Frankfurt, between February and October 2023, whilst including photo-memory interviews made with displaced people, based in various cities and countries.
Regarding historical heritage and public memory, stone bridges are taken as trans-cultural assets that harbor the collective memory of communities as enabling random encounter of peoples, while creating tolerance and curiosity. Nevertheless, public bridges are chosen on purpose in order to enable a maximum of accessibility of locals with various backgrounds, ages and genders while serving a chance to emphasize equality, diversity and transition of identities. Family photos are taken as media that bridge the gap between yesterday and today, and mediate the sensations that memory awakens in the body.
The program is finalized with execution of site specific exhibitions in Izmir, Frankfurt, Pristine and Istanbul between February 2023 – 2024 and the video documentary directed by Jack Nelson is launched on streaming channels in August 2023.
PROJECT DESIGNER
Şafak ERSÖZLÜ (Açık Stüdyo)
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Sarp KESKİNER (Teos Arts and Culture Association)
COMMUNICATION MANAGER
Bahar Nihâl ERSÖZLÜ
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND APPLICATION
Emre DUYU
CHOREOGRAPHERS – PERFORMERS – AUTHORS OF ARTISTIC TEXTS
Metehan KAYAN
Yazı Ece KÖZ (Dikine Ongoing Project)
POEMS
Ünal ERSÖZLÜ
Şafak ERSÖZLÜ
Bahar Nihâl ERSÖZLÜ
DIRECTOR OF DOCUMENTARY FILM
Jack NELSON
SONG
Yazı Ece KÖZ (music)
Ünal ERSÖZLÜ (poem)
THEMATIC COMPOSITIONS
Nick ROTHWELL
SCORE MUSIC
Sarp KESKİNER
Kemal BEGTAŞ
VISUAL DOCUMENTATION
Metehan KAYAN
Yazı Ece KÖZ
Şafak ERSÖZLÜ
Sarp KESKİNER
Yücel TUNCA
Tolga AYIKLAR
SUBTITLE TRANSLATION
Ezgi TEKİN
TRANSCRIPTION
Aysun GÜLER
INTERVIEWEES OF PHOTO MEMORY SESSIONS
Büşra Yağmur UMUTLU
Cevat AKKAYA
Düriye KAYSERLİOĞLU
Feride KAYACAN
Marios IOANNOU
Müjdat ALBAK
Nedjma SARAJ
Nesim ISPAHİU
Nezaket TEKİN
Pinar BOZTEPE
Sarp KESKİNER
Serhan ADA
Ümit Esin ÖZTAŞ
Ünal ERSÖZLÜ
Vera JACOBS
FACILITATORS AND SUPPORTERS
Ahmet UHRI
Alicja KACZMAREK (CENTRALA)
Ardiana SHALA (QENDRA MULTIMEDIA)
Aydın TEKER
Ali Kemal ERTEM (K2 CONTEMPORARY ARTS ASSOCIATION)
Ayşegül KURTEL (K2 CONTEMPORARY ARTS ASSOCIATION)
Bashkim SHEHU (BRIDGEMAGAZINEONLINE.COM)
Borga KANTÜRK (KARANTİNA Collective),
DIT’ E NAT’
Efe ÖNAL (KARE Collective)
Düriye KAYSERLİOĞLU
Gökhan AKÇURA
Günseli BAKİ (SARI DENIZALTI Arts Initiative)
Yücel TUNCA (SARI DENIZALTI Arts Initiative)
Hüseyin UĞUR (HAYALBAZ),
Kerem MEMİŞOĞLU
Müjdat ALBAK (GÜNEŞ THEATER)
Murat ATALIK (TRIGON MUSIC)
Özcan SAPAN (CHIVIYAZILARI PUBLISHING HOUSE)
Rafailia THIRAIOU (CENTRALA)
Richard SHORT (CENTRALA)
Seçil YAYLALI (PASAJ)
Selin ATİK (PASAJ)
Shpetim SELMANİ
TERMOKISS Collective
Yaşar KOÇAK (KOÇAK MM)
YURDAL KESKİNER ÇİFTLİĞİ
Zeynep OKYAY (PASAJ)
The production and documentation phases of “Pedestrian on the Stoney Bridge” is funded by BRITISH COUNCIL Turkey
The artist-in-residency phase of the program held in Pristine, Kosovo is supported by EU funded project Regional Network for Cultural Diversity – READ that aims to promote intercultural reading skills and democratic values through reading culture and the handling of supra-regional high-quality literary works.