Nezaket Ekici, 1970

Blind, 2007

Born in Kırşehir, Nezahat Ekici studies performance art under Marina Abramović during her MFA studies at the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig, Germany. Ekici’s works are informed by topics such as art history, mythology, the banality and contradictions of everyday life, and social and cultural differences between Turkey and Germany. In her performances, testing the limits of physical endurance she explores it as a means of expression and a field of investigation, possessing abstract and spiritual references.

“Blind” is based on the painting “Saint Cecilia (The Invisible Piano)” (1923) by Max Ernst, a key protagonist in the Dada and Surrealist movements. Saint Cecilia was a third-century Roman martyr who was delivered from torment through her virtue and faith.

Medium

Video

Technique

Performance installation since 2007

Dimensions

7’ Video, MP4, DV 4:3 format, color with sound Edition: 4/ 5+2AP

Credit Line

Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Collection

Acquired by the Women Artists Fund.

2020 Members of the Women Artists Fund

Zeynep Akçakayalıoğlu, Berrak Barut, Revna Demirören, Suzan Sabancı Dinçer, Oya Eczacıbaşı, Şeli Elvaşvili, Selin Gülçelik, Banu İpeker, Beril Miskavi, Meltem Demirören Oktay, Nesrin Sarıoğlu, Türkan Özilhan Tacir

Edition: 3/5+2 AP

Camera and Editing: Branka Pavlovic

Music: Sneaky Snitch (Creative Commons, Telifsiz İndirilebilir

Müzik Royalty-Free music for download), Royalty

Free,

Kevin MacLeod

to the public under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

by/3.0/us/

Costume Design: Nezaket Ekici

Stilist Costume Fabric Stylist: Christine Büschel

Assistant: Natalia Blanco

Photo: Nihad Nino Pušija