[rohrpost] Mediamatic SuperSalon, 06.07.

[Krystian Woznicki]

[ ] German-Turkish Culture from Berlin

Sunday, 06. July 2003
Mediamatic Supermarket, Amsterdam
Free Entry

By employing notions of community and network the digital mini-newspaper
Berliner Gazette (www.berlinergazette.de) translates the cultural segment
of the conventional print newspaper into the electronic context. Its unique
format hence constantly shifts between openness (participation, etc.) and
closure (selective information economy, etc.) thereby reaching far beyond
the physical borders of Berlin. Even though the readers/contributors of the
Berliner Gazette might physically be located in cities like Amsterdam, they
are part of the Network Berlin of which the 1999 founded digital
mini-newspaper is an essential nod.

Part of the Network Berlin is for example the Turkish community. After
several generations of Turkish immigrants have made Germany their home,
Turkish culture in Berlin has become an interesting bastard mix of
German-Turkish stereotypes and their differences.


[ ] 4-6 pm: PRESENTATIONS

WAFFA EL-HAGE MOUSSA will talk about x-berg (www.x-berg-tag.de). A project
that is dedicated to demystify Kreuzberg as an area whose image is
suspended between being a criminal haven for drug dealers and a run down
ghetto slum. x-berg tries to correct this image by organising guided tours,
leading participants to the hot spots of the area.

As an actor in various international productions as well as German TV soap
operas, ERCAN DURMAZ will show a clip comprising his TV appearances and
talk about his role as a drug dealer in Lars Beckers cult movie Kanak
Attak, which will be shown later on in the evening.

SUAT ÖZKAN introduces us into the world of Suattime, his own TV show for
Germany´s most popular German-Turkish channel TD1. With guests such as
Turkish body guards, Turkish pop stars and immigrants children, he
continuously explored controversial social issues.

NEZAKET EKICI will show her project Hullabelly, a performance for a Turkish
woman and a hullahoop. See for more work of Nezaket: www.ekici-art.de


[ ] 6-10 pm: PARTY

with Turkish food, dance and music and the screening of
 >Kanak Attak< by Lars Becker (D, 1999, 89 min)


[ ] Organiser

www.mediamatic.net


[ ] Curatorship

www.berlinergazette.de


[ ] Support

www.kulturserver.de