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PEDESTRIANS ON THE STONEY BRIDGE

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.

Sound designs composed by Sarp Keskiner based on interviews; recordings of poems of Ünal Ersözlü and soundtracks composed by Nick Rothwell establish the sonic groundwork of performances of Metehan Kayan and Yazı Ece Köz.

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

britishcouncil.org.tr

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.

https://www.goethe.de/ins/mk/kul/sup/rea.html 

The production of the art book of the project is funded by SAHA Sustainability Fund.

saha.org.tr

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