The Well
by Başak Günak
Başak Günak’s audio-visual performance The Well invites the audience to lend an ear to the whistled sounds in the heart of a well. Deconstructing a Southeast Anatolian folk song titled Bu Dağlar Meşe Dağlar, Başak Günak takes the topography of the region from where the song originates as a source of inspiration. The performance brings to surface the breaths, silences, whistles and feedbacks that decompose the original song through eleven speakers installed in the space. Providing a sensory and resonating field to be experienced physically by the audience, The Well bridges earth and collective memory, audible sounds and non-audible vibrations. Performed in Arter, Carbon.
Premier:
Aslı Bostancı, Bahar Vidinlioğlu, Başak Günak, Ekin Tunçeli, Melih Kıraç
Performers in recording:
Aslı Bostancı
Bahar Vidinlioğlu
Başak Günak
Ekin Tunçeli
Ingrid Kling
Melih Kıraç
Mikey Woodbridge
Zozka İkur