OF OUR OWN MAKING

Summer Screening Tour 2019

  • <p>Bosporus view at Kundura Sinema, Beykoz, Istanbul. photo Elif Temizkan
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    Bosporus view at Kundura Sinema, Beykoz, Istanbul. photo Elif Temizkan


Protocinema presents Of Our Own Making, a series of single channel videos by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Ahmet Öğüt, Hera Büyüktaşcıyan, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Lara Ögel, Hale Tenger and Theo Triantafyllidis. Furthering our mission to engage cross-cultural dialogue, Protocinema Summer Screening Tour premieres at Protocinema (Istanbul, Turkey, June 16) at and in partnership with Kundura Sinema, Beykoz, and is followed by six tour venues across four regions: Rampa (Porto, Portugal, June 22), SculptureCenter (Long Island City, New York, July 11), sub (Çanakkale, Turkey, August 16), Teatro Union (Honda, Colombia, August 17), Cinémathèque de Tangier (Tangier, Morocco, August 23), Lumbardhi (Prizen, Kosovo, September 14).

Of Our Own Making highlights themes of constraints of constructed urban life and psychological impacts of societal developments - ancient, historical and forthcoming - from multiple perspectives. Hera Büyüktaşcıyan, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Lara Ögel, and Hale Tenger use folktales, history and story-telling in contemporary narratives to address aspects of societies that may have changed yet remain the same in a different guise. Theo Triantafyllidis’ video is a recording of a VR (Virtual Reality) live performance, which carries ideas of how images and ideas had been created in the past, while fully in the future-present. Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme have created avatars based on themselves and participants of the “March of Return” that took place on the Gaza border. Ahmet Öğütbrings together aspects of social-political life in Mexico with the language of film. An abandoned town sign becomes a symbol for abuse and neglect, which surfaces when a group of city policemen are dismissed after organizing public demonstrations to ensure their own safety. These artists reflect voices and concerns of their regions as well as offering empathy towards shared universal experiences.

The program is co-organized by Protocinema’s Executive Director, Mari Spirito, in collaboration with Asli Seven, independent curator and researcher based in Istanbul and Paris. Featured artists have received or are currently working on future Site-aware commissions, Protocinema’s international program. These artists share a dynamic affinity and are committed to raising consciousness on a range of issues, often using personal narratives to interrogate socio-political and racial constructs.

Protocinema Summer Screening Tour Venues throughout Summer 2019:
Tour premieres at Protocinema (Istanbul, Turkey, June 16) at and in partnership with Kundura Sinema, Beykoz then, Rampa (Porto, Portugal, June 22), SculptureCenter (Long Island City, New York, July 11), sub, (Çanakkale, Turkey, August 16), Teatro Union (Honda, Colombia, August 17), Cinémathèque de Tangier (Tangier, Morocco, August 23), Lumbardhi (Prizen, Kosovo, September 14).


PROTOCINEMA VIDEO PROGRAM:

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme 10:00 min.
At those terrifying frontiers where the existence and disappearance of people fade into each other, 2019
Hera Büyüktaşcıyan, 10:10 min.
Neither on the Ground, nor in the Sky, 2019
Vajiko Chachkhiani, 10:07 min
Shivering Heart, 2018
Lara Ögel, 7:00 min.
Dream Lives of Debris,2019
Ahmet Öğüt, 10:04 min
The Missing T, 2018
Hale Tenger, 2:31 min.
Under, 2019
Theo Triantafyllidis, 11:49 min.
Studio Visit 09: Painting Preview, 2018

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Special Thanks to: AKI AORA, Mexico; Alserkal Art Foundation, Dubai; The Breeder, Athens; Green Art Gallery, Dubai; KOW Gallery, Berlin; Meredith Rosen, New York; Galeri Nev, Istanbul; Daniel Marzona, Berlin; SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo; YARAT Contemporary Art Centre, Baku.

Protocinema commissions and presents Site-Aware Art around the world. We produce context-specific projects of the highest artistic quality that are accessible to everyone. Protocinema evokes empathy towards understanding of difference, across regions though exhibitions, public programing and mentorship. Founded by Mari Spirito in 2011, Protocinema is a non-profit 501(c)3, free of 'brick and mortar', sites vary to respond both to global concerns and changing conditions on the ground.

A landmark of Turkey’s industrial and cultural heritage, Beykoz Kundura factory revived a cinematic legacy with the launch of Kundura Sinema in November 2018. The Boiler Room, which formed the heart of the factory complex, has been restored for the Kundura Sinema and Kundura Sahne projects to serve as one of the newest, and yet most historic, cultural platforms in Istanbul supported by a program of curated screenings, performances and parallel activities.