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Conceptual design, performance script and regie by Özen Yula; Installation: Ayşen Özkul; Costumes: Başak Özdoğan; Makeup: Eti Motola; Makeup Assistant: Melis Anya Kop; Project Coordinator: Nilgün Kurt; Project Assistants: Ali Haydar Çataltepe, Hasan Ali Yıldırım; Performers: Can Girgin, Canan Demirli, Deniz Akgündüz, Esin Aslan, Gözde Nur Kuru, Hasan Ali Yıldırım, Hülya Erol, Kaan Songün, Kerem Kupacı, Memetcan Diper, Mehmet Selin Sağdıç, Nazan Diper, Ozan Yılmaz, Ömer Çobanoğlu, Tuğba Eskicioğlu, Zeyno Eracar.
What follows is a critical record of the project as a whole based on the observations derived from the performance that took place on 19 May 2016, as well as from the reception of the production.
Unless indicated otherwise, all translations are my own.
The “immersive” features of The Moment has also been recognised by Peker (2016).
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Dinçel, B.İ. A Momentary Backlash of Mimesis in an Intensive Care Unit: Ân (The Moment), written/directed by Özen Yula, 2016. J Med Humanit 41, 439–444 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-020-09615-9
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