14-15-16 April 2023
installation and performance
@CLB Berlin – Moritzplatz
concept and direction: Şafak Velioğlu
space concept: Elisa Limberg
sound and video design: Burhan Üçkardeş, Serden Salman
dramaturgical support: Sarah Israel
with Hayden Chisholm (Saxophone, Shrutibox a.o.), Penelope Gkika (Violin), Elena Hristova (Vocals), Eren Paydaş (Percussions), Mikail Yakut (Accordion), Şafak Velioğlu (Tar, Vocals), Burhan Üçkardeş (Oud)
In the Balkan region exists a shared musical heritage, which – before the current borderlines were drawn – was shaped and inspired by intersecting public places – which is not (or not positively) recognized in today’s political reality. This “collective memory” – a similar subconscious in relation to traditional pieces of music and a shared understanding of a particular text, myth or narrative – holds the answer to a shared memory that transcends national borders.
In a multimedia stage installation, storytelling and live musical performances meet a visual and auditive documentation – thus an imaginary public space for people and music is created in the CLB Berlin, which makes this phenomenon (re)experienceable. The stage space represents the public aspects in their diversity – unorthodox sacred and spiritual places (tekke, monastery), public places (Han/Xan, Avlija, Megdan), archetypal meeting places (Gudvo) as well as secular community spaces.
The bar of our mejhane/kafana/taverna will be open throughout the evening and after the performance we invite to an open exchange.
Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR