Urban Play Istanbul: “Fishing News”

Liputan Memancing
Dalam project kali ini, Irwan dan Tita mencoba untuk berkolaborasi dengan dua orang seniman pertunjukan lokal (Fatih Gençkal & Şafak Ersözlü). Liputan Memancing merupakan performance yang merespon aktivitas para pemancing ikan di jembatan Galata. Fishing News dimainkan oleh dua orang ‘komentator’ yang melakukan intervensi dengan membawakan reportase aksi para pemancing untuk menebarkan kisah, memprovokasi, memberi semangat dan menimbulkan persaingan yang menyenangkan diantara rutinitas para pemancing.

Fatih Gençkal adalah seorang aktor yang terlibat dalam berbagai theater performance. Lahir di Istanbul dan menghabiskan 3 tahun di New York City untuk belajar dan bekerja. Dia salah satu co-founder Studio 4 Istanbul, sebuah grup seniman independen yang memproduksi karya teatrikal dan cinematic dan mengadakan tur internasional. Saat ini dia tinggal dan bekerja di Istanbul.

Şafak Ersözlü lahir di Istanbul dan saat ini terdaftar sebagai mahasiswa Performing Arts di Bilgi Üniversitesi. Terlibat di pertunjukan teater Atış Serbest dan Külhanbeyi Müzikali bersama Studio 4 Istanbul di Bakırköy Municipal Theater. Serta di Willi Dorner’s Bodies In Urban Spaces, bagian dari Idans04 dan film karya Ali Özgentürk ‘Yengeç Oyunu’ dan ‘Görünmeyen’. Saat ini aktif berkarya sebagai aktor di Bakırköy Municipal Theater.

Fishing News
This is a performance that responds to the fishermen on the Galata Bridge – people of all ages who there at practically every hour of the day. Fishing News is performed by two people, ‘commentators’ conducting play-by-play reports of the fishermen’s actions, engaging tourists and local residents alike.

Fatih Gençkal is a performer who also conceives performance and theater works. Born in Istanbul, he spent three years studying and working in New York City. He is a co-founder of Studio 4 Istanbul, an independent group of artists who produce theatrical and cinematic work and tour internationally. He currently lives and works in Istanbul.

Şafak Ersözlü was born in Istanbul and currently a Performing Arts student at Bilgi Üniversitesi. Theater credits include Studio4İstanbul’s Atış Serbest and Külhanbeyi Müzikali at the Bakırköy Municipal Theater. Performance works include Willi Dorner’s Bodies In Urban Spaces as part of İdans04. Film works include Ali Özgentürk’s Yengeç Oyunu and Görünmeyen. Currently works with the Bakırköy Municipal Theater as actor.