Thursday, January 9, 2014
18.00 - 20.00
One of the projects of the exhibition Neighbours – Contemporary Narratives from Turkey and Beyond, organized on the occasion of Istanbul Modern’s 10th anniversary, is a festival concept entitled One Square Meter. Created by ACCEA – the Armenian Centre for Experimental Contemporary Art in Yerevan, Armenia, the festival consists of shows and performances in which everything is presented on a one-square-meter stage and with a time limit of 45 minutes. These performances and events point to the creativity of the verbal and bodily forms of expression in the visual, literary, and auditory arts and to how, despite the restrictiveness of the space, they know no limits. Istanbul Modern borrows the concept by setting the same one-square-meter stage in the very middle of the exhibition hall during the entire course of the exhibition Neighbours. For the opening of the exhibition, One Square Meter hosts the shows of four separate theater groups invited from Armenia by ACCEA artistic directors. The stage will continue hosting exhibition events from the region.
Performances and entrance to the museum are free of charge.
YOU AND ME
Year of presentation 2010
Author: Sonia Balassanian
Performer: Gayane Yeghiazaryan
Duration: 10’ / infinite
Synopsis: Evolving relationship between actor and audience (probably) through laughter, cry, etc.
TO MY LUNGS
From Hamlet's monologue, William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" drama.
Year of presentation 2008
Duration: 25’
Director: Gagik Ghazareh
Actor: Gayane Yeghiazaryan
Synopsis: The tragic question of Hamlet is the definition of being human, the unfound question of civilization; to be - create, or to be - destroy. Tragedy goes on, as the choice is a cause, and the result is violent.
MOLD
Year of presentation 2012
Duration: 14’
Authors: Anahit Ter-Sargsyan, Meri Kirakosyan
Actors: Anahit Ter-Sargsyan, Meri Kirakosyan
Synopsis: There are energies inside usand around us, which are using our inexperience and are trying to occupy our spaceand capture our matter.
SERVANT SIMON
By Avetik Isahakyan's story
Year of presentation 2010
Duration: 15’
Director & Player: Gayane Yeghiazaryan
Synopsis: Servant Simon is tired of his daily routine. If it goes on like that he will go crazy. He started to hear voices. He can't stand hearing even his own name.
THE HUNTER THAT LIED
By Hovhannes Tumanian’s fairy tales (1908)
Year of presentation 2012
Duration: 10’
Director: Silva Chobanyan
Actors: Silva Chobanyan, Gayane Yeghiazaryan, Satenik Ohanyan
Synopsis: There was Hadi, there was Hyudi, there was Chati, there was Mati, there was my father and me, and together we went hunting.