Fire, video, 11'33" 2009
The recording of “Fire” was made on the train from Tbilisi to Baku, April 2009. Seeing the stamps of the Republic of Armenia on our passports, the Azeri officers rejected our entry to Azerbaijan and accused us of being American agents; collected our maps/newspapers/books, and erased the pictures they found of Armenia in our cameras. I don’t recall how, but we convinced them we were only artists, and could manage to pass the border. As the train embarked, the conductor and the hostess were aroused with anger and performed the recorded dialogue on genocide. I was exposed to their anger; however I could understand only parts of what they said…
Opening: 17.9.2010, 20.00
Artists: Endam Acar, Selda Asal, Volkan Aslan, Fatma Çiftçi, Zeren Göktan,
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