Little Amal was welcomed in Selçuk-Ephesus by the Balconnection initiative with the support of Efes Selçuk Municipality. Little Amal, appeared in the kindergarten of Selçuk Municipality, in the neighborhood where many musicians live, walking with children and musicians.
The rhythm group students of Prof. Dr. İsmail Aka Library, REFES, Erden Dereli, Görkem Çırak, Elif Buran, Azra Günlemeç, Ahmet Başaran, Alina Yıldız joined musicians Kerim Akgüneş, Kamber Karameşe, Burhan Aslan, Üstün Üstündağ, Tayfun Şeliman. Before the ARAF show, the group also performed in the garden of Cafe Carpouza facing the exhibition area.
ARAF (Purgatory)
On the Ephesus – Selçuk stop, the Balconnection team prepared a multidisciplinary, participatory art project based on not only immigration but also the interrupted migrations and being stuck somewhere in between.
Özgür Ceylan’s art video: “All the Way”; Azadeh Ramezani Tabrizi’s art video: “Arafabad” and with Murat Savaşkan, “Araf”, a collage of audio – was played for the audience that gathered.
We are grateful for collaboration of Yeşim Kopan, Sakine Kayhan, Balconnection Initiative and the Municipality of Selçuk.
This is a past event that took place on 4 August 2021