Launched as part of Salt's research on the art history of Turkey, the project focuses on performances realized in Turkey between 1984 and 1999. Based on a long-term research process, the project seeks to present a comprehensive inventory of performances from the period in question through archives from various resources, and serve as a reference for research on the trajectory of performance in Turkey.
The ongoing research has been conducted in light of interviews with participants and contributors of the performances. These accounts as well as the archives informed the inventory of works. Archival materials including photographs, video recordings, and sketches in addition to correspondences, posters, and brochures from selected events constituted the core of Salt’s The 90s Onstage exhibition. Bringing these materials together for the first time, the exhibition chronicled events that highlight performances as well as individual works. In parallel, Salt Research started the process of cataloging and digitizing these archives to make them publicly accessible.
The 90s Onstage and the web project Research on Performance in Turkey 1984-1999, the two outcomes of this research project, are realized as part of Our Many Europes program by the European museum confederation L’Internationale. Launched with the support of Zorlu Holding and Zorlu Performing Arts Center’s Digilogue, the web project will continue to develop with new resources, aimed at deepening with ensuing research and texts.
Gamze Cebeci, Sezin Romi
Ezgi Yurteri
Amira Akbıyıkoğlu, Mine Söyler
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