An elderly lady and a young woman are in an apartment. Outside, a war is raging – somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Etel Adnan's poem To Be In A Time Of War is interwoven with documentary sound and video elements to create an emotionally dense tableau of familial existence between everyday life and crisis.
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TO BE IN A TIME OF WAR
In the performance, the audience moves freely through the space, listens to Etel Adnan's poem, and breathes in the smells of the kitchen. Stage and audience merge - the private sphere becomes a sensual experience. Meanwhile, the protagonists continue their everyday lives – as best they can. They argue, dance, worry. The audience observes the events without disturbing them – and thus becomes witnesses to an intimacy in a state of emergency.
A performance about memory, disintegration and the fragile bond between generations – set between past and present, home and loss, the war outside, the war in people's mind, the war in language – and the longing for peace.
Premiere 2/Oktober 2025
Part of 7th Berliner Herbstsalon ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE
Participating artists
MURAT DİKENCİ
Dates
October 2025
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