One Square Meter Theater Festival

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.