Added Dec 10, 2023
FLUX: On The Road (Film Screening & Artist Talk)
Mimar Sinan, Atlas Pavyon, Konak/İzmir, Türkiye
Sunday
10
December
2023
Sunday
10
December
2023
FLUX started with a collection of video art works, an ongoing research on constant change and balance, through the narrative of elements.
It aims to point out the continuous loop of moving inward and outward, washing away the duality of "inside" and "outside", encouraging to find a common ground to be the observer and the observee concurrently.
Curating and exhibiting of the first chapter Water, commenced in 2022, however, the filming period did not start as a planned work - the concept build itself naturally and instinctively. Following the first two exhibitions of FLUX, the project has evolved and developed into a short film project, FLUX : On The Road.
It is a narrative on breaking the cyclic existence, a story of transformation through Detachment, inspired from the ancient Vedic Mantra;
”Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudachyate purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavashisyate.”
which could be translated as;
”That is infinite, this is infinite; from that, this comes. This added or removed from that, the infinite remains as infinite.“
FLUX : On The Road may be summarized as a story of Attachment and Detachment, which may as well be defined with the notion of Alignment and Nonalignment. It is the journey of two wanderers, crossing paths, falling in love and falling apart, repeatedly; a continuous loop of encounters beyond timelines and lifespans, and finally realizing the illusion of the duality of being “me” and “you”:
There is only being part of a whole. Being one.
The film is named after the concept, as it build itself on the road, as like the video art collection. The script originates from a collection of true stories, gathered along the way since 2012 and is accompanied by unplanned footages from different parts of the world, from different landscapes, seasons and cultures, from Cambodia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States, from the desert, the mountains, the jungle, the ocean, the sea and the air.
In pursuit of Balance and Stillness in a State of Motion.
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Written & Directed by Deniz Sak
Narrated by Deniz Sak & Sam Leigh
Music & Sound Design by Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu & Metehan Köktürk
Foley Sound Consultancy by Efe Yılmaz
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