Performances from Andriake-Demre (Part1)
Below is a selection of some of the performances created and presented to the audience at the site of Andriake / Lycian Civilisations Museum. The first edition of ‘Workshops and Performance Event Series’ of the Performative Journey action took place in the district of Demre, Antalya (Turkey) between 15.09.2021 and 19.09.2021.
(photos by: Volkan Tamusta / Videos by Pawel Korbus)
“The Call” was the first performance of the Testimonies of Stones edition and it invited the audience to an old church, where they spontaneously became part of this work. Calling people, coming together and forming a group, believing or accepting something without knowing what exactly it is, is the main concept of this performance.
Umut Çetin – Convince the insider
A clear view in the ruins of the Lycian civilizations museum. And a hole in the middle of it hides a part of us that isn’t convinced it’s part of all the scenery, the ruins and the past. I’m trying to contact that part.
Hüseyin Eryurt – Monumental maps
Stadiasmus Patarensis is a monument listing all the road network of the 53 Lycian cities, with their distances. The performance tried to shed light on the importance of this monument as a valuable source of data in the past as well as today. The performer pulled red strings off by his foot and connected them to each other as a web of roads on the ground of the monuments’ room inside the museum building. The concept here was to let the audience comprehend the development of road networks and question their relevance in modern context.
Ilgın Tufan – I was waiting for you!
“We all wait for something. What are you waiting for?”
This site specific performance is dedicated to Uncle Bılı, who was born in Andriake and has been serving as the handyman for the Museum of Lycian Civilizations, as well as the ongoing archaeological site. As Uncle Bılı was there before excavations started, his work had been unpaid for a while by justifying that he was the “natural gatekeeper”. Chosen location for the performance was the synagogue, incidentally Uncle Bılı’s favourite spot in Andriake, which was built for the merchants coming to the granarium next to the harbour area. Since the synagogue itself was built for the comers not the residents of the city; the fact that building was also waiting for somebody else. The hope, the patience and the loyalty that we have for the unknown and perhaps the unworth, were to be reconsidered through this 3-minute-collective-silent-waiting-performance.
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