See you Istanbul, my eyes closed
See you Istanbul, my eyes closed is a media art work realized by Andreas Ammer and Saam Schlamminger . It was first broadcast on April 4, 2008 on Bavarian Radio . In the same year it was also released on an audio CD .
Origin of the title
The title of the work goes back to the poem İstanbulu dinliyorum by Orhan Veli Kanık .
concept
The acoustic-musical background of the 48-minute audio piece, which was initially entitled Bad News / Good Moods - Electric Field Recordings Part 1: Istanbul , consists of material recorded by Ammer and Schlamminger with electrical recording devices in the streets of Istanbul. The narrative core is an Istanbul love story told by Feridun Zaimoglu . In addition to Zaimoglu, Sezer Duru , Amed Dogan , Sema Moritz , Süren Asatryan and Birol Topaloğlu can be heard in the sound document . Sarah Viktoria Frick , Lukas Graser , Ueli Jäggi , Siggi Schwientek and Friederike Pöschel took on the speaker parts .
See you Istanbul, my eyes closed goes back to a concept of the makers (Bad News / Good Moods - Electric Field Recordings), “Sounds, the people and the music in the places (to make them audible), which are generally only used as a backdrop for bad Messages occur ". It was thought that “the portrait of a friendly planet (to be able to draw) was created in the supposedly worst places in the Orient.” Radio plays with the same concept were to follow from Ramallah , Karaji and Kabul .
Production details
The producer was the first-time broadcaster BR, while intermedium records and Strunz! Enterprises responsible.
Reviews
Martin Büsser gave the audiobook a friendly review in intro.de: “Feridun Zaimoglu is returning to Istanbul and remembers his childhood. How he strolled through the streets back then, a sesame ring and a piece of sheep cheese in his hand. It was the year in which he should fall deeply in love for the first time in his life, ”is how he sums up the plot of the game, as far as it can be confirmed by the word. It is “a single declaration of love, poetic and suggestive, permeated by the sounds of a metropolis that knows no rest. (...) The radio play leaves you with many unanswered questions and just as many beautiful sounds in your head. ” Tobias Lehmkuhl from the Süddeutsche Zeitung also has a positive review of the audio work and states that it remains“ with all continuity, but always in motion and is always able to irritate with its acoustic openness. "
Web links
- Information from the BR on the original broadcast
- Further information in "BR: Radio Play & Media Art - April 2008 Edition"
- Review on intro.de