6. Berliner Herbstsalon I Ein Prolog im Frühling
GEZİ – TEN YEARS AFTER
26.5. – 25.6.2023
Summary
According to an investigation conducted by Amnesty International in 156 countries across the globe, protest, in addition to seeking refuge, was the theme that gripped millions of people the most in 2022. In light of the crises and wars of our times, the question of WHAT TO DO? concerns us all. What futures can be rediscovered, and what will motivate us to act? The 6th Berliner Herbstsalon focuses on these questions and will be held in 2023 in two parts: In GEZİ – TEN YEARS AFTER. Ein Prolog im Frühling, we take the 10-year anniversary of the protests as an opportunity to analyse the current political upheavals and hoped-for revolutions. Following the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey, we ask: what state do the people, does the republic find itself in at the moment, especially after the catastrophic earthquakes? Gezi was and is a symbol for working together to build up a country worth living in. Together with participants active in Gezi and now living in exile, primarily in Berlin, GEZİ – TEN YEARS AFTER attempts to trace this legacy for the future.
Program
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Credits
Supported by the Federal Cultural Foundation. Supported by the Commissioner of the Federal Government for Culture and Media.
Team
Curated by Shermin Langhoff
Co-Curator Erden Kosova
Assistant Curator Nele Lindemann
Dramaturgy Simon Meienreis
Curatorial Advisory Board Zehra Doğan, Can Dündar, Peter Steudtner, Deniz Yücel, Aslı Erdoğan
Co-Curators of Spaces and Projects Serkan Altuniğne, Ezgi Asar, Zehra Doğan, Yeşim Duman, Şirin Fulya Erensoy, Yunus Ersoy, Anthony Hüseyin, Nil Mutluer, Alp Tekin Ocak, Murat Özbank, Necati Sönmez, Peter Steudtner
Dramaturgs and Consultants for Spaces and Projects Ivo Dreger, Yunus Ersoy, Oliver Frljić, Valerie Göhring, Johannes Kirsten, Holger Kuhla, Çiğdem Özdemir, Clara Probst, Theresa Welge Assistant Filip Rutkowski
Intern Clemens Zoller
Scenography GEZİ Pia Grüter
Scenography Assistant Alice Faucher, Luise Brinkmann
Scenography Studio / Foyer Marco Michelle, Felix Remme
Art Direction Esra Rotthoff
Graphic Design Jona Dienst
Production Management Festival René Dombrowski
Production Management Duygu İzdeş, Lucia Leyser, Juliane Prochnow
Guest Productions Johanna von Rigal
Technical production management Joachim Hering, Laura Krupka