OPENspace.ART

Public Performance Designed with a Focus on Ecology

March - November 2023
Kaş/ANTALYA, Bergama/IZMIR, Hemşin/RİZE

ANTALYA - Genedos Culture and Life Kooperatifi

and affiliates

ANTALYA - Kaş Environment and Culture Association
ANTALYA - Ahatlı Women's Cooperative
İZMİR - Ne Yerde Ne Gökte Association
RİZE - Hemşin Life Association

OPENspace.ART is an education and creation project on public, participatory and site-specific performance with a focus on ecology. The project included participatory performances in Kaş/Antalya, Bergama/Izmir and Hemşin/Rize, designed based on the ecological characteristics of the region and the collective memory of the struggle for nature carried out by the local people. These performances were staged in venues with this memory and in theatre venues in such districts.

Educational workshops, performances and videoART works, which started in March 2023 with director Şule Ateş as the curator, aimed to initiate a dialogue between local non-governmental organizations and theatre festivals in the districts, and to develop sustainable artistic production networks. All of art works were presented and the final performance took place at the Kaş Theatre Days held in October 2023.

Genedos Culture and Life Cooperative

Genedos Culture and Life Cooperative was established as a social enterprise in Ahatlı Village of Kaş district in 2016 as a new generation social cooperative. While constructing its processes by creating sustainable, open-source, inclusive business models, the cooperative’s main goal is to yield social outputs that create social benefits. Genedos Cooperative develops sustainable tourism, good agriculture, education, culture and arts projects. It prioritises development ideas and initiatives focused on culture and arts, respecting local resources.

This page is published on 12 January 2023.