HD | 16:9 | Colour, B/W | 15 min | 2016

The film looks at the remebering of cinematic spaces, censorship by the military regime of the turkish film Yorgun Savaşçı, protests against the demolition of cultural spaces and the history of the Yeşilçam Street in Beyoğlu/Istanbul.

‚How much do you know about your city? How much can you know about a city by visiting its parks, museums and palaces? Can you touch the history of your city through the building that you pass by everyday, the restaurant that you eat lunch every once in a while, the café that you meet up in with your friends on the weekends? How does silence in social memory reflect on spaces, streets and parks of the city?‘ (Memory Walks, Gener Forum Istanbul)

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Der Film Prolog Yorgun Savaşçı 28229/2 ist eine collageartige Visualisierung meines Rechercheprozesses zum Thema der Zensur in der Kunst und der staatlichen Interventionen in der Türkei. Als jüngstes Beispiel wird der 2013 erfolgte Abriss des historischen Kinos Emek (Emek Sinemasi) im Istanbuler Stadtteil Beyoğlu, an dessen Stelle nun ein Einkaufszentrum steht, beleuchtet.

 Supported by Otto-Mauer Fonds and kültür gemma!

Lecture film Performance at mumok Vienna 2015 Link: https://www.mumok.at/de/events/