IZLEK: Labour Relations in the Field of Choreography in Istanbul;

With Four Different Examples From Four Generations

Discussing Choreographic Forms of Production

In four sessions to be held with presentations, film/video screenings and performances, we invite you to think and discuss together, the field of performing arts on labour and creation under the title of choreography.

These sessions are a continuation of the gathering organized under the name of İZLEK in 2008-2009, where choreographic works and dance-related documentaries were presented and discussed by the artists, theorists and other participants. İZLEK, works with the principle of "being a guest of the audience" and aims to contribute to the production of knowledge and memory formation in the field of performance arts.

In connection with amber'15's “Laboro Ergo Sum – I’m Working, Therefore I Am”, these sessions deal with topics such as the artist-performer relationship, virtuosity, craftsmanship, immaterial labour, volunteerism, autonomy, insecurity, flexibility, collectivism, working conditions, modes of production, and aesthetic relationship.

The excitement and movement of İZLEK, which aims to strengthen the practises of solidarity and struggle in the field of dance, stems from the necessity and urgency of implementing and putting into action the thoughts to be produced during these meetings.

Program:

I. Session: Whose Voice?: Choreographer-Performer-Audience Relationship

Aydın Teker and Gizem Aksu / Erinç Aslanboğa

Performance: Hallo!

08 November Sunday 2015, 19:30 – İstanbul Bilgi University, Santral Istanbul, Energy Museum

II. Session: Construction of the Collective

Movement Workshop / Funda Özokçu

Movie: Country/Travel/Memory

09 November Monday, 2015, 19:30 – İstanbul Bilgi University, Santral Istanbul Campus, Energy Museum

III. Session: Space: Dream, Build, Transform, Share

ÇAK (Barefet Company) / Berna Kurt

Video Selection

Friday, November 13, 2015, 19:30 – İstanbul Bilgi University Santral Istanbul, Energy Museum

IV. Session: Organize to Exist and to Be Visible *

Young Choreographers Event / Visibility in Art Festival

Film/Performance: Event Selection

15 November Sunday 201, 19:30 – İstanbul Bilgi University Santral Istanbul, Energy Museum

Each session will be about 90 minutes.

IZLEK: Labour Relations in the Field of Choreography in Istanbul

By: Ayşe Orhon, Funda Özokçu, Erinç Aslanboğa, Berna Kurt, Ekmel Ertan, Aslı Mertan, Gizem Aksu, Evren Erbatur, 66 Kolektif, İdil Kemer.

Program:

Video
''Tahterevalli'' 18’10”, 2012
Yönetmen: Irmak Karasu, Nihat Karataşlı
Koreografi: Orçun Okurgan
Müzik: Kubilay Mert Ural
Dans: Orçun Okurgan, Semra Kap
Sahne Tasarım: Bora Saraç

Performanslar

''there is no dance''
Konsept ve Performans: Ufuk Şenel
'Sanatçı, koreografi ve emek ilişkilerinin konuşulduğu İZLEK kapsamında ‘Var Olmak ve Görünür Olmak İçin Örgütlenmek’ temasını düşünürken, kendi otobiyografisi üzerinden dansı, dansçılığını ve İstanbul’da günden güne gelişen bu disiplini de evrensel tanımların gelir geçerliği ile oynar bir zemine taşıyor. Kişisel soru/sorun yahut fikirlerin ortaya atılmasını arzulayan sanatçı; nihayetinde ortak bir temponun varlığını ve ortak bir salınımda buluşmanın imkanlarını amaçlıyor.'

"oysa her şey ancak böyle olabilirdi''
Budalasultan Kolektifi, Work in progress
Tasarım ve Performans: Şafak Ersözlü