“Yekpare” is a storyteller which narrates the 8500 year story of Istanbul. The story embraces symbols from Pagans to Roman Empire, from Byzantine Empire to Latin Empire, and finally from Ottoman Empire to Istanbul at the present day.

Haydarpaşa Train Station, with its brilliant architectural forms, is the building on which the story is projected. The connection between middle east to west has been provided by Istanbul and Haydarpaşa since 1906. In the 50?s it served as a door for millions of internal emigrants who have triggered the chaos in Istanbul’s dialectical daily life scenes.The project’s conceptual, political and geographical positioning, the location?s depth of field and the fact that the entire show can be watched from Kadıköy coast; make “Yekpare” a dramatic presentation.

The first day of the performance also marks the 47th deathday of Nazım Hikmet Ran, the famous Turkish poet. We started out with a quote from his epic novel, “Human Landscapes from My Country”: ?At Haydarpaşa Train Station, in the spring of 1941, it is three o?clock. Sun, exhaustion and rush lay on the stairs…?

Art Direction & Visuals:
Deniz Kader ? Candaş Şişman

Music & Sound Design:
Görkem Şen

Project Management:
Erdem Dilbaz

roundup

Istancool Festival, July 1-4 2010, Istanbul

STARTING POINT: Metro stations as works of art

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