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Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Journey to the Moon (sculpture)
2009
Cosmic Latte: A Selection from the Borusan Collection, Borusan Music House, Istanbul, 2010
Our perception of the world is further challenged by Journey to the Moon (2009), a large-scale sculpture that is related to a film installation by the same name, in which a narrator tells a story of a village in Eastern Turkey that tries to go to the moon. This sculpture represents a key part of the narrative. Originally the minaret from the village mosque, it is transformed by the villagers into a rocket that, powered by large balloons, lifts them up and off, presumably into space.
This absurd tale exposes the pitfalls of language, the basis of history. Trapped in words and symbols we cease to see clearly. Ataman’s sculpture shocks us out of our complacency and reveals the shape of our perception.- THE PORTRAIT OF SAKIP SABANCI
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Sılsel
- fiction [ perfect ]
- fiction [ perfect performed ]
- fiction [ jarse ]
- fiction [ forever ]
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Mayhem
- Beggars
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Su
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Column
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Dome
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / English As A Second Language
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Frame
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Journey to the Moon (installation version)
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Journey to the Moon (short version)
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Journey to the Moon (stills)
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Pursuit of Happiness
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Strange Space (installation version)
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Strange Space (single screen version)
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Strange Space (still)
- Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- fff
- Turkish Delight
- Double Roasted
- Circle of Friends
- Paradise
- Testimony
- Stefan's Room
- Küba
- Twelve
- Animated Words
- It's a Vicious Circle
- 1+1=1
- 99 Names - single screen version
- 99 Names - installation version
- The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read
- Never My Soul - single screen version
- Never My Soul - installation version
- Martin is Asleep
- Women Who Wear Wigs
- kutluğ ataman's semiha b. unplugged