![]() However, my motivation was the music whose universal language I rather trust. In my opinion, doing nothing is also one of them. As a matter of the fact, there are many ways to do this. If you crossed paths with a friend through such a visual form, one wants to make her eternally remembered. Since we were not in Istanbul, including me, during her illness, our emotions about her farewell were different. It was not that easy for me to distinguish the content of the performances at that time from the decease of Şeyda. Since Şeyda passed away in December 2018, I have been thinking about such performances. How, when and by means of what motivations did the idea of reprocessing the images of the video series captured in the personal exhibition you held in 2014, developed? In other words, we are talking about a process extended over more than seven years in the name of the journey of the work that ended up with this clip upon its meeting with “ Lament“. You shot the scenes we watched in the music video with Şeyda Yamanlar Aydemir (aka Heidi Rotterfurman), Fırat Uzun, Murat Tepe and habitants of Tarlabaşı district in 2013, just a few weeks before Gezi Park protests. Frankly speaking, I want the pandemic period to end as early as possible. Although I spent the first three months of my pandemic period in isolation in the Netherlands, I have returned to Berlin recently. First of all, where have you been up until now? Since when are you there? How do you go through the pandemic period? Interview by Ekin Sanaç for Bant Magazine ![]() Burak Erkil and She Past Away have answered our questions. ![]() We wanted to know more about what “Lament” video tells and which feelings it creates, and talk to its creators who dedicated it to all the “others” who are oppressed, persecuted and slaughtered. – Istanbul, 2013Īfter the decease of his friend, namely Heidi, Burak Erkil wanted to take these performances to a new form in which he wanted to touch her and the obscure aspects of urban transformation, and this production took its final form when She Past Away met with “ Lament“. Thanks to Fırat Uzun, Murat Tepe and the beautiful habitants of Tarlabaşı district. Director: Burak Erkil – Title Design: Studio PulĪs a tribute to Şeyda Yamanlar Aydemir (aka Heidi Rotterfurman). ![]()
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