Intersectıonalıty or Velhasılıkelam Poster

Synopsis

“Intersectionality or Velhasılıkelam” is an attempt to talk through the overlapping experiences of migrants from Turkey to Germany from different generations through a gender perspective. A 'guest-worker', Hatice, who came to Germany alone in 1973 when she was 18 is in focus, and the new-comers reflect upon her long-running experience while they share theirs. Difference and repetition constitute the video when the speakers enter into a continual dialog with each other; when the new listen to the wise advice of the old-comer. The experienced and the less-experienced encounter with each other in the audio-visual space created, and they construct a discursive space in which they dwell together.

Credits

  • Director Özlem Arıyıldız
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Özlem Arıyıldız

Özlem Arıyıldız

Özlem Sarıyıldız studied Industrial Design and Media and Cultural Studies at METU, before she started her PhD in Graphic Design at Bilkent University. She uses audio-visual materials as the main research and expression tool, where the subject matter and time determine the form. Her works focus on memory, gender, commons and justice movements, and construct an intimate relation between politics, culture and aesthetics. She lives and works in Berlin since 2017.