Barbara Ehnes
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Video portraits and performance
Commissioned work of
Wiener Festwochen theatre director Stefanie Carp
Coproduction: Istanbul Foundation for arts and culture
Cutter: Özlem Konuk
Translator and assistant Istanbul: Sila Özfuruncu
Assistant Vienna: Ece Anisoglu
Live translation Vienna: Ece Anisoglu, Evrim Ersan, Linda Say,
Oncel Seçgin, Anıl Üver, Evren Yazici
Live translation Berlin: Kadriye Akbiyik, Kerem Can, Ersan Mondtag, Rezan Temiz, Fatih Ünal
Mit: Burçin Korkmaz, Elçin Yaman
Kuppelzelt am Karlsplatz/Resselpark
In an extensive research project, Barbara Ehnes conducted interviews with transsexuals and transvestites from Tarlabaşı, a neighbourhood of Istanbul, on their living conditions, their backgrounds and discrimination against homosexuals. As a result, five cinematic portraits were created which were shown simultaneously as an installation inside a domed tent. After viewing the videos, visitors were invited to engage in a discussion with the two protagonists. At Berlin’s HAU, this work was supplemented by an additional event in which Turkish audience members invited the protagonists to join them on a tour through “their” Berlin.