This is a video from the premiere of the art performance in Istanbul, Turkey, 2012. The names of Nobel Peace Prize winners are called and recorded in writing on a charter. However, these charters immediately become crumpled balls of paper, ending up in a bucket. The awarding of the prize has no positive effect beyond the ceremony.
Religious rituals, social customs and political forms, which were originally intended to serve the well-being of the individual and collective, have petrified over time and are ultimately misused for the opposite purpose: social injustice, religious fanaticism and the oppression of the weaker, especially women, all in the name of…
With Prince Cly VIII, Eda X, and Gen Atem. Ana Satoko Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2012. Performance written, directed and produced by Gen Atem. Music composed, performed and produced by Gen Atem.
