Project/Workshop Canakkale 2019 Artist Talk: 14.10.2019 (evening) Journey from Assos to Troj:15 – 21.10. 2019 - 7 Days of walk Cooperation : „daire Konuk Sanatci Programi“ and „Troya Kültür Dernegi Canakkale“ Mentor: Nezaket Ekici Participants Artist in Residency Program of „daire Konuk Sanacti Programi“ : Eda Sütunc, Gülcin Karaca, I?lke Sahin Local Artist from Canakkale: Deniz Toka?

Nezaket Ekici presents her project/workshop "„From Now to Back_from Assos/Aristotle to Troy/Homer Illias_Journey/Walk_120 km" at the Artist Talk in Canakkale on Monday October 14, 2019. For the 120 KM long trip from Assos to Troy, Nezaket Ekici will start with 4 participants Artists on Tuesday October 15, the journey will last 7 days. Every day the performance group walks 17 km. The trip will be documented with photos and film. Assos offers with the only Doric temple of Asia Minor dedicated to Athena a unique monument of antiquity and is also the site of the first philosophical academy of Aristotle. Troy is the 19th century place of longing described by Homer and discovered by archaeologist Schliemann. The two places are connected by a 120 km long road and at the same time they are important witnesses of philosophy and cultural history of Orient and Occident. The artist Nezaket Ekici wants to show the rich diversity of cultural and historical events, places and stories with her journey performance. The region Canakkale with Assos and Troy is to be explored in order to bring its rich history to artistic representation. For the journey: The way is the goal. It will be a journey in which one will not only talk about performance or about Aristotle and Homer, but also about the landscape and the people in the villages who live on the way. Above all, it is the people who are the „expression“ of the history that the country has experienced and one could almost say that the people carry everything that the country has experienced within themselves: the people are living history and shall be interactively integrated. The Performance Journey is a source of inspiration for performance ideas to be worked out and implemented on the way and upon arrival in Troy. Participants take part in various performance concentration exercises. It is important to understand the basic craft of performance art and to develop an awareness of one's own actions and effects in space: a Performance is always a room taking action. Furthermore, the participants will draw, read, think, eat and the people in the villages will be involved. Interviews will be done in the villages. The participants will spend the night in the villages but also in the open nature. Each evening there will be a live broadcast with the philosopher Dr. Andreas Dammertz in Stuttgart, who gave the travelling performers philosophical insights into Homer, Aristotle and the antique world, but also answered the participants' questions. In Assos the history of the city will be explored and Aristotle will be discussed. On the way to Troy, Homer and his Ilyas will come into focus. But always, the country and the living people are in focus as well. On the last day there will be a live performance on the grounds of Troy and in the amphitheatre.

backpacks, notepad, pens, paper, book Homer, utensils from nature

7 days, 15.10 - 21.10.2019

Idea: Nezaket Ekici, Curator: Deniz, Erbas ve Seyhan Boztepe, participants: Artist in Residency (daire Konuk Sanacti): Eda Sütunc, Gülcin Karaca, Ilke Sahin, local artists/Canakkale: Deniz Toka. Camera: Saygin Mavinil, Burak Topcakil, video: Saygin Mavinil guide: Egemen Cakir, driver: Murat Aslanol, Thank: Prof. Rüstem Aslan, Dr. Andreas Dammertz, Nazli Gürlek, Deniz Erbass, Seyhan Boztepe , Aysegül Kurtel, Orikide Salar, daire Konuk Sanacti Programi, Troya Kültür Dernegi (Canakkale)