DEĞİLİM
We are born and we bear the guilt of our ancestors
We are born and bear the burden of society
We are born and accept the reality
Could it be our fault that we were even born?
The performance starts with the artist sleeping as a Fetus on the Sand surrounded by four mirrors
I was born Turkish but I'm not a KILLER*
I was born from a Lebanese mother but I'm not a REFUGEE*
I was born Male but I'm not a SEXIST
I was born Muslim but I'm not a TERRORIST
* A term used by some communities to blame Turkish citizens on the events of 1915.
*In Lebanon, The law doesn't allow for the Lebanese women to give the citizenship to her children.
The performance ends with the Artist breaking the mirror and burn one of his identical papers
I was born with all the labels, but I'm FREE.
Full performance available on YouTube:
Photo credits: Celine E. Bigeon
Video credits: Nesrin C. Akyüz
Special thanks to Monica A. Quijano and Mehmed Fahraci
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The Performance was performed on Friday January 24 at 10:30 am in Beirut, Lebanon
