Humorous and Iconic Memory of An Art Event: Reading the Rural-Urban Divide in the Memory of International Performing Arts Festival.
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Özgül AKINCI
Beykoz Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Kitap Adı | Humorous and Iconic Memory of An Art Event: Reading the Rural-Urban Divide in the Memory of International Performing Arts Festival. |
| Kitap Türü | Araştırma/Bilimsel Kitap (Tez Hariç) |
| Kitap Alt Türü | Alanında uluslararası yayınlanan araştırma/bilimsel kitap |
| Kitap Niteliği | Diğer uluslararası bilimsel kitap |
| Kitap Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2009 |
| ISBN | 978-3-639-12880-2 |
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| Under the leadership of Hüseyin Katırcıoğlu, the Assos International Performing Arts Festival was held once a year between the years 1995 and 1999 in the village of Behramkale. Artists from various backgrounds lived in the village for three weeks, produced site-specific works and at the end of a three weeks production process presented their works/performances/plays to the festival audience including the inhabitants of Behramkale, the artists from İstanbul and other cities, and people from Çanakkale or other villages near to Behramkale. The festival was held in a village and with the collaboration of the villagers. Especially children, then teenagers and men, lastly women participated in the festival at various levels, including the production process of the works. In this thesis, I analyzed the festival memories of both the local people of Behramkale and the artists/organizers who participated in the festival. My intention in this analysis is to listen to the narratives of the artists about their experience of artistic activity in a village and to listen to the locals’ narratives about their witnessing and collaborating to an art event in their living environment. In order to draw a fair picture of the artistic context of the festival, firstly, I tried to give a brief description of the emergence of contemporary performing arts/theatre in Turkey especially in the 1990s, the understanding of theatre of Hüseyin Katırcıoğlu, the art director of the festival and the content of the Assos International Performing Arts Festival. Subsequently, I analyzed the narratives of the artists and then the narratives of the locals. I conclude with two arguments. The first one is the implications of commemorating … |
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