(2011) 5' – single channel projection
with Ayça Damgacı, Boysan Yakar accompanied by Hakan Ummak, Ünal B., Baran Ergenç, Hande Öçalan, Ekin Yaşa, Tümay Tüzüner, Metehan Özkan, Gökçe Yiğitel, Tarkan Fenercioğlu, Kerem Can Dum, Özle Türk, Fırat Kuşçu, Yeşim Ünan, Murat B., Aylin Güngör, Ekin Sanaç, Leyla Çapacı, Aybike Esin Tumluer, Yasmin Allovi, Cem Tenikalp, Mehmet Ömür thanks to Cem Tenikalp and Kaan Karacehennem - (technical support) English subtitles: Ferdi Çetin, Deniz Kırkanahtar
to tına / what's love got to do wıth ıt?
biriken'in videosu, Tina Turner'ın "What's Love Got To Do With It" şarkısına 1984 yılında Mark Robinson tarafından çekilmiş video klibin görsel anlamda bir taklididir. Orijinal klip, şarkıcıyı bir yaz günü New York sokaklarında yürürken ve karşılaştığı insanlarla iletişim halinde gösterir; günün değişik zamanlarındaki bu sahnelerin arasında şarkıcının kameraya bakıp şarkı söylediği planlar yer alır.
Turner'ın yerine Boysan Yakar ve Ayça Damgacı'yla yeniden üretilen video, hem süperstarın çizdiği güçlü ama kırılgan kadın imajıyla, hem de tekil-çoğul, özgün-taklit, eksik-fazla, köle-efendi gibi ikiliklerle uğraşıyor. İkiye bölünmüş ekranda İstanbul sokaklarında yürüyen iki figürü seslerinin eşliğinde gösteren video; aşk, seks, ilişki gibi kavramların kişisel, toplumsal, güncel anlam ve yorumlarına dair bir deneme özelliği taşıyor.
past shows:
+ 10th Videoart Festival Miden | 4th of July, 2014 | Greece
- Controtabu, University of Palermo | video screening presented by Boysan Yakar | 13 March, 2013 | Italy
- Istanbul Hamursuz Fırını - Passover Bakery | GalataPerform Görünürlük Projesi 7 | Oct 22 - 23, 2011 | Turkey
- Berlin neurotitan gallery | Destroy Istanbul Exhibition by Bant Magazine | Mar 11 - Apr 2, 2011 | Germany
to tına / what's love got to do wıth ıt?
La vidéo de biriken est un remake du clip vidéo « What's Love Got To Do With It » de Tina Turner (réalisé par Mark Robinson, 1984). Le clip met en scène les images d’une Turner marchant dans les rues de New York et interagissant avec tous les passants.
Dans la vidéo de biriken, Tina Turner est remplacée par deux protagonistes : Ayça Damgacı (l'actrice est connue en pour son film Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando) et Boysan Yakar (artiste, activiste LGBTQ+). La vidéo s’intéresse au concept de “femme superstar” et traite des dualités comme singulier-pluriel, imitation-authentique, être incomplet-être trop, maître-esclave, bourreau-victime. La vidéo met en scène les deux personnages, accompagnés de leur voix off, flânant dans les rues d'Istanbul. To Tina / What’s Love Got To Do With It ? est un essai sur l’amour, le sexe et la relation.
to tına / what's love got to do wıth ıt?
biriken's video is the visual imitation of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It" shot by Mark Robinson in 1984. The original video features Turner walking down the street engaging with the public, intercut with scenes where she's singing directly to the viewers.
The video, which has been remade with Ayça Damgacı and Boysan Yakar in place of Tina Turner, attacks both the strong but sensitive woman image created by the superstar and dualities like singular-plural, genuine-imitation, incomplete-overflow, slave-master. The video, which shows the two figures walking on the Istanbul streets with their own voices on the screen split in two, is an attempt for the individual, social and current interpretation of concepts like love, sex, and relationship.
"Tezkan and Urun make use of Damgacı’s strong public persona (the actress is best known outside of Turkey for her starring role in Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando, which recounts the true story of Damgacı’s travel across Turkey during the early phase of the 2003 Iraq War to rescue her love, a Kurdish actor who is trapped behind the border) to explore the fragility and heartbreak that often lie behind such seemingly impenetrable exteriors." Elizabeth Wolfson
past shows:
+ 10th Videoart Festival Miden | 4th of July, 2014 | Greece
- Controtabu, University of Palermo | video screening presented by Boysan Yakar | 13 March, 2013 | Italy
- Istanbul Hamursuz Fırını - Passover Bakery | GalataPerform Görünürlük Projesi 7 | Oct 22 - 23, 2011 | Turkey
- Berlin neurotitan gallery | Destroy Istanbul Exhibition by Bant Magazine | Mar 11 - Apr 2, 2011 | Germany.