Letters from Attica
Outdoor. Masks. 1.5m distance. Max. 15 people.
In conditions of solitude – as for travellers or prisoners – people have often resorted to writing letters as means of communication with their closest, revealing the very sensation of being in isolation. Sam Melville has done so from the Attica prison, where he was held on charges of sabotaging public property in protest of the Vietnam war, and where he would die during the Attica prison riots in 1971.
His and others' voices in similar conditions connect the sensations of loneliness and of determination. In her artistic works Begüm Erciyas often uses sound and instruction to accompany the spectator in an experience that is deeply solitary and yet collective. For «Letters from Attica» she imagines for the first time a project for the public space. Multiple voices give a personal form to sound waves. They inscribe words in public space and generate unforeseen sentences. As a first encounter with the city, «Letters from Attica» is a search for means to let a voice travel from one to the many.
Audiodeskription
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- Concept
- Begüm Erciyas
- Live Intervention
- Katja Dreyer and Begüm Erciyas
- Developed with
- Sara Manente, Katja Dreyer, Gaëtan Boulourde, Maru Mushtrieva and Ayşe Orhon
- Dramaturgy
- Dries Douibi
- Production Management
- Barbara Greiner and Klein Verzet
Production Kunstenfestivaldesarts Tour Management Hiros