Video stills
Escalating perception /
the visual need
2005 – 06, three channel videoinstallation, 5:00, 3 screens, 3 DVD players,
synchronizer, headphones
Concept and direction: Christian Niccoli
Camera: Çâglar Ubay, Alp Sen
Researches and translations: Esra Esenlik, Seda Gokçe, Gülsah
Karadayi, Aytaç Kokturk, Tolga Oral
Realized with the supported of:
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Department of Western Languages and Literatures,
Dr. Ozden Sozalan Bilgi University, Istanbul, Department for Television and
Cinema, Prof. Tunae Erdem and Gülengül Altintas (assistant professor),
Art fund of the Provincial Government of South Tyrol
Description
In this work, shot in location in Istanbul, investigates the look on people
passing by on the opposite escalator as a visual consumption of faces. The
installation wants to be a comparison between a consumption of medial faces
from the Turkish music channel “Kral TV” and real faces recorded
at metro station “Taxim”. As a linking point between those two
elements, 18 to 21 years old teenagers from different areas of Istanbul express
themselves about the influence of visual media in their perception of reality.
An example: the 18 years old Alyze sustained that “when I look at people
on an escalator I don`t see them as their humans but as heads put on shoulders”.
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