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2007 » Turkey » National section

Curator:Evcimen Perçin, Evcimen Percin
Authors of Theme:Evcimen Perçin, Evcimen Percin
Designer / Architect of exhibition:Evcimen Perçin
Other collaborators:Zeki Sarayoglu
Institution:Turkish Stage Designers Association

FROM PAST to FUTURE

The founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923 was a turning point in the cultural life of the country. Together with a radical westernization process in every field, which was necessary to make a new beginning towards modernization, Turkish artists and intellectuals had a tendency to turn their backs on their past for decades. But now, more than 80 years following the establishment of the modern state and society, there is an ever increasing interest in looking back to the historical and cultural roots. In every field of the humanities and artistic disciplines, from literature to cinema, from social sciences to music, Turkish artists and intellectuals are keen on investigating, understanding and regenerating their past. Traditional Turkish theatre has a very long history and modern Turkey has almost a century of western-style theatre practice, which was basically an imitation. As a matter of fact, through all these years, there have been many efforts to create a new form and style which is genuinely original, some times with success, but many times in vain. In the last decade, however, we have seen attempts reaching a level of maturity. Turkish theatre artists aspire to create an original visual language and aesthetic by cleverly using the cultural heritage of their land, which has been a melting pot for many civilizations throughout history. This is neither an imitation of the classical western theatre nor a nostalgic recreation of the traditional Turkish theatre. It is a new and creative synthesis of East and West, modern and traditional, and something more than the sum of them. This theatre gives it’s message a new style and uses traditional forms with a contemporary look. Many alternative and private theatre groups are making great contributions to this process with their aspiration to ‘break down the walls’ and nourish themselves from different sources of their culture and history. They use alternative and historical sites as performance spaces, they are also using dance and music as important means of expression. The picture we have is of a new, colourful and dynamic theatre coming into its own. Nevertheless, there is also a well – established classical western style theatre in Turkey, which is carrying on with its faithful audience. Since Turkey is for the first time in the PQ with a rather comprehensive exhibition, we choose to present samples from awide range of Turkish contemporary performing arts, from very classical to daringly experimental, with a few examples of film and television productions which are related to our theme.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

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  • Serdar Başbuğ (Serdar Basbug)
  • Evcimen Perçin (Evcimen Percin)
  • Işın Mumcu (Isın Mumcu)
  • Zeki Sarayoğlu (Zeki Sarayoglu)
  • Şirin Dağtekin (Sirin Dagtekin)
  • Kadri Baris Dinçel (Kadri Baris Dincel)
  • Zuhal Soy
  • Ethem Özbora (Ethem Ozbora)
  • Sertel Çetiner (Sertel Cetiner)
  • Funda Çebi (Funda Cebi)
  • Duygu Türkekul (Duygu Turkekul)
  • Adnan Öngün (Adnan Ongun)
  • Damla Hacaloğlu (Damla Hacaloglu)
  • Cevren Sarayoglu
  • Feyza Zeybek
  • Tayfun Çebi (Tayfun Cebi)
  • Gülümser Erigür (Gulumser Erigur)
  • Naz Erayda
  • Behçet Malikler (Behcet Malikler)
  • Ayhan Doğan (Ayhan Dogan)
  • Rengin Işıksalan (Rengin Isıksalan)
  • Murat Gülmez (Murat Gulmez)
  • Andrea Králová
  • Canan Göknil (Canan Goknil)

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