{"uid":"rqlAf6tbkqRrLsDl","type":"artist","tags":["video","social-action"],"group":"no","group_name":"[s-a-p-o]","project_title":"H\u00fcz\u00fcn is a tranny name","summary":"\u201cH\u00fcz\u00fcn\" is a Turkish word describing a collective emotion. Although the word has a similar meaning with melancholia, many novelists and translators claim it to be untranslatable. Some Turkish literary figures differentiate \u201ch\u00fcz\u00fcn\u201d from melancholia with the emotion\u2019s collective characteristics. The word coming from Arabic roots \u201chuzn\u201d is sometimes viewed similar to the Portuguese \u201csaudade\u201d.\n\n\u201cH\u00fcz\u00fcn** is a tranny name\u201d is shot in collaboration with a Turkish trans-activist and sex-worker Gani_meth. The video tackles the mourning and melancholia in the queer community of Turkey while aiming to subvert the meaning of \u2018h\u00fcz\u00fcn\u2019 in a direction that reflects on the violence that minorities face every day. The video is shot in parallel to an archival work around \u2018h\u00fcz\u00fcn\u2019 and its political implications in today\u2019s Turkish politics.\n\nThe video is planned to be accompanied with an intimate open discussion that the local queer community share their personal experiences of resistance.\n\n*The video is 15mins in length.","space":"A dark room with a Hi-def projector or a hi-red monitor with several headphones. \nThe exhibition space being related to minority struggles is a preferred but not required.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[{"names":"Christian","surname":"Sleiman","email":"christian.sleiman1@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"RL1374627","address":"Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, 1st Floor, Building 110, Street 90, Jisr el Wati","city":"Beirut","nacionality":"Lebanese","country_id":"128","birthdate":"1994-02-11T21:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1994-02-11T21:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+96171705108","web":null}],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":"gani","video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/376156009","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":7,"names":"Nihat","surname":"Karatasli","email":"nihatkaratasli@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"U12229406","address":"Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, 1st Floor, Building 110, Street 90, Jisr el Wati","city":"Beirut","nacionality":"Turkish","country_id":"128","birthdate":"1988-01-28T22:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1988-01-28T22:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+905306871418","web":"www.nihatkaratasli.com"}