{"id":27913,"date":"2024-05-22T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/forest-silent-gathering\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:35:05","slug":"forest-silent-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/en\/forest-silent-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"FOREST SILENT GATHERING by Beg\u00fcm Erciyas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DATES: August 6, 7, 8 & 10, 11 at 7:00 PM<\/span>
\nMEETING POINT: Naturcenter Amager, Granatvej 5, 2770 Kastrup – NB! Bring a bicycle MAP<\/strong><\/a>
\nWHAT: Performance in English
\nFREE \u2013 reservation required due to limited capacity<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFully booked - waiting list registration<\/a>\n
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We dissolve into the forest’s twilight<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n
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The sunset approaches. In a clearing in the forest, you meet 14 other people. Each of you receives a set of headphones. Every time you hear the signal, you take a few steps back. Slowly, slowly, you move away from the group. They disappear among the trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Forest Silent Gathering is, as the name suggests, a gathering in silence. What happens primarily occurs within yourself. <\/span>What happens when you move further and further away from the group’s safe embrace, as darkness falls? How far must the distance be before the social bonds of community break? Before normalcy is dissolved? What do you have to orient yourself by? What do you imagine happening around you? And with the others in the group? Are there other forms of life that become noticeable?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Beg\u00fcm Erciyas has always explored isolation and community through her works, which became particularly intense during the corona epidemic. While we spent most of our time alone or in our little bubbles, community took on a new meaning. And many of us sought meaning and connection in new places, e.g. in the wild. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is also here in nature that we seek answers to how we humans can change course. What must our role be here on the planet if we are to continue to exist? The performance premiered in 2022 and is a meditative and thoughtful dive into some of the biggest questions of our time – with you at the centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Duration<\/strong>: 2 hours
\nPractical Information:<\/strong> From the meeting point, you will cycle approximately 10 minutes to the performance location. Please bring your own bike if possible. It is possible to rent a bike at Naturcenter Amager. If you wish to do so, please send an email to\u00a0info@kit.dk<\/a>, preferably at least a week in advance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Interview with Begum Erciyas in Copenhagen:<\/strong><\/p>\n