Performing Days Istanbul 2007 : 03/03/07 : The Last Supper : Above the Skies

*AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION
THE LAST SUPPER : ABOVE THE SKIES
DAS LETZTE ABENDMAHL : ZWISCHEN HIMMEL UND ERDE *
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**The Last Supper : Above the Skies <http://www.kanonmedia.com>

*03/03/2007, 22:00 **

*Performing Days Istanbul 2007*
*Performans Zamani'07
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ENGLISH
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for German version see below
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*The Last Supper : Above the Skies**
**An audiovisual installation by Alexandra Reill, production:
kanonmedia/Galata Perform*


*****/A Last Supper/** is taken by the visitors of the Performing Days
Istanbul 2007 - a dinner as frugal as feeding as it is with its apple on
the plates of a table with thirteen seats. The looping screening of the
film **/Above the Skies/** **creates a stringent sacral character for
this multicultural dinner where a chair is missing and where the shades
of visitors become part of the scenario.*

Traces of Moorish, Jewish and Catholic culture of the Middle Ages form
the visual framework for a search on the inner essence and character of
human suffering in life, putting the viewer in a trance-like state of
slowed down introspection. Opulent Baroque versus Gothic and Muslim
transparencies. Empty Jewish quarters maintained like museums for
tourists' looks. A Europe place as proof for imperialistic approaches.

What does suffering mean. What does suffering mean in a lifetime. What
is the sense of conflict, the sense of separation. Impressions of life,
always doubled to keep the option to look through things. A journey from
the Earth to the Skies and back, at a table where a chair is missing in
the round.

With remixes of Middle Age chorals out of the times of Alfonso X El
Sabio (1221-1284), Elisabeth the Catholic (1410-1563), the Nasrid
Dynasty (1410-1563) and the Jewish culture.

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*GERMAN/DEUTSCH
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*Das letzte Abendmahl : Zwischen Himmel und Erde*
*Eine audiovisuelle Installation von Alexandra Reill, Produktion:
kanonmedia/Galata Perform*

*/Ein letztes Abendmahl /**wird von den BesucherInnen der Performing
Days Istanbul 2007 eingenommen - so frugal wie labend - ein Apfel auf
dem Gedeck der mit dreizehn Platzen versehenen Tafel. **Spuren
multikulturellen Zusammenlebens von Mauren, Juden, Katholiken. Ein
Europaplatz als Monument fur Anspruche an imperiale Grosse. Schwerer,
schwulstiger Barock versus gothische und muslimische Transparenz,
verlassene judische Viertel, erhalten in musealem Charakter zur
Beschauung fur Touristen. Was bedeutet Leid. Was bedeutet Schmerz in
einem Leben. Was bedeutet Konflikt, was Trennung. *

*Lebenseindrucke, immer verdoppelt, um den Blick durch die Dinge
hindurch wahren zu konnen. Eine Reise von der Erde in den Himmel und
wieder zuruck, an einer Tafel, an der ein Stuhl in der Gesellschaft fehlt.*

*Mit Remixes mittelalterlicher Chorale aus den Zeiten *von Alfonso X El
Sabio (1221-1284), Elisabeth der Katholischen (1410-1563), der Nasrid
Dynastie (1410-1563) und aus der judischen Kultur.

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PROGRAM
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*Performance Time 07 **February 26th - March 7th, 2007*



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GalataPerform, an interdisciplinary art platform, is organizing a
program of events to study "performance" conceptually and discover
various approaches to it: "Performance Time 07". This program aims to
bring together domestic and foreign artists from a number of
disciplines, such as dance, theatre, music, fine arts … all of which
can be associated with the art of performance.

Artists such as Komet, Genco Gulan, Mustafa Kaplan, Yes,im Ozsoy Gulan
and students from Bog(azici University and Mimar Sinan University are
among the participants from within Turkey. 5 artists from Spain, 2 from
Serbia, 4 from Austria, Israel, France and Italy will visit our country
and perform their works.

The main objective is to create a fertile ground in Turkey for the art
of performance to flourish, by promoting experimental, creative artistic
expression and providing the audience with the access to performance
projects. The works that blur the lines between different art
disciplines will have the majority.
Through Performance Time 07, each event will be organized by a curator.
So that, every day a different approach to performance will be introduced.

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*Performance Time 07, PROGRAM*

*Monday, February 26th, 07:00 pm : *Curated by* Mustafa Kaplan* in the
framework of dance performance,this program will give audience the
opportunity to see *"Mavi"*, a short dance movie directed and performed
by *Elif Is,?kozlu*; *Evren Erbatur* and *I.dil Kemer*'s seminar on
*"solo dance in presentation "*; and, *"Yar?n oynad? bile"*, a solo
dance performance directed by *Carlos Pez* and interpreted by *Sevi Algan.*

*Tuesday, February 27th 07:00 pm:* *Damla Hacalog(lu*, who works on
interdisciplinary art projects, is aiming at the collective experience*
*of a process which contains theatre, dance, music, history, film etc.
around the concept of "Play". In the course of the night projects of
*Bahar Vidinliog(lu, Hazal Selcuk, S,ebnem Yuksel *and* S,ule Ates,*
will meet the audience.**

*Wednesday, February 28th 07:00 pm: **The event realized with the
contributions of** **Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, iS.CaM * will
host performance artists *Komet, Genco Gulan, Nenad Bogdanovic (Man
Gallery), Radoslav Chugaly, Melis Ag(azat, *Boris** *Hug - Magda
Tranchini **and Ayse Orhon. *

*Friday, March 2nd 08:00pm:* *Batur Sonmez* gives his major works in the
area of experimental electronic music, as well as video art and
multimedia. Tonight the artist will present his live music performance
and video projects: "analog suicide" and "mindscan".

*Saturday, March 3rd 07:00 pm: Yes,im Ozsoy Gulan*, evaluates the
relation between text and performance art, the latter being often
defined with reference to body and time. After Ozsoy Gulan's
performative presentation on the works of Helene Cixous, Karen Finley
and Spalding Gray, the night will continue with a text performance of
*Ha Za Vu Zu* members Guclu Oztekin, Gunes, Terkol and then *Alexandra
Reill *will stage her performance piece *The Last Supper : Above the Skies*.

*Sunday, March 4th Pazar 05:00 pm: *Spanish* *curator and artist *Carlos
Pina *organizes this evening and presents a selection of works from
Catalan performance artists:* * *Josep Asuncion - Gemma Guasch*

*Maria Cosmes, Jose Antonio Delgado, Erika Jaramillo, Carlos Pina*

*Monday, March 5th 07:00 pm: *Artist* I.nsel I.nal*, gathers the oldest
memories people can remember and becomes a part of the city; while,
interdisciplinary artist *Deniz Aygun* realizes performances of three
artist women, *Nina Barnett *from South Africa, *Tamar Raban *from
Israel and *Maria Zanchi *from Italy, by solving the tips they have given.

*Tuesday, March 6th 07:00 pm:* Artist and faculty member *I.nsel I.nal*
will present a selection of works from Turkish performance artists:
*Seval S,ener, It?r Demir, I.z Oztat, Esra Oskay, Asl? Atasoy,
Alattin Kirazci, Evrim Kavcar - Cig(dem Kaya.*

*Wednesday, March 7th, 05:00 pm:* Curated by *Jeffrey Baykal Rollins*,
"Babel" is an evening of student performance works exploring issues of
art and language, with an emphasis on the spoken-word. Over the course
of the event individual works will evolve into a collaboration amongst
all the participants, bridging differences in culture, language, media
and a variety of art disciplines..


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