The Türkü* of Turku *“Türkü, literally “of the Turk”, is a name given to Turkish folk songs as opposed to şarkı (literally: “of the East”). In contemporary language, the meanings of the words türkü and şarkı have shifted: türkü refers to folk songs of all ethnicities within Turkey including the Kurds, Arabs, Circassians etc. whereas
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Tine Melzer: Literal Translations at SUMU Studio
Tine Melzer: Literal Translations Lecture at Turku Arts Academy (Kuvateatteri, Linnankatu 54-60) Wednesday 15th of September 3 p.m. Opening on Thursday 16th of September from 6 p.m. Welcome! Tine Melzer uses language as material. The amazement and enchantment of language and its mechanisms between humans is the nucleus of all of her art work; it
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Tine Melzer at SUMU A.i.R.
During the work period at the SUMU Residency I aim to challenge an aspect of ‘meaning’ by making use of the exchange between the work and the given context. One focus point shall lie on the ‘test’ of importing a grammatical notion from one language-family to another by using the most common words of ordinary
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Artists’ view of SUMU (Alex & Owen)
We’re now just a little past the halfway point in our residency here at SUMU and couldn’t be happier with the way things have gone thus far. The opening last week was well attended and we saw a lot of familiar faces as well as making some new acquaintances. We were really pleased that all
