Oh, for some Amusement!

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A project by Eleni Kamma

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Oh, for some amusement! takes the form of a multi-media installation that unfolds in space and time, operating as an experimental platform where major and minor ‘national’ narratives —within the context of contemporary states-nations of the previous Ottoman Empire— come together and cross over through cinematic, theatrical and reading formats.

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By looking back at the moment of transition from the domination of the voice of one-speaking-for-many in non-presentational, eastern participatory forms of spectacle (Karagoz & Ortaoyunu) to the domination of the image in representational, mass-media spectacle (first silent movies and first national cinemas – Turkish, Greek, Egyptian, etc), the work examines how conditions of spectatorship affect questions of citizenship and social bonding today.

Part of this installation is the two-channel video work Play it, Emin: Walking along the Russian Monument at Ayastefanos.

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Oh For Some Amusement! is supported by Mondriaan Fonds, NiMAC (Nicosia Municipal Arts Center), PiST/// Istanbul and the Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht.

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Eleni Kamma has been invited by Netwerk in Aalst (BE) to develop Oh, for some Entertainment! into an individual exhibition from 19/04 — 13/06/2015. Read more.

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The project is also a participating project at the Sound-Image-Culture (SIC) workstation, Brussels.

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