In Healing Rites I produced five objects from the natural riches of five different regions in Anatolia. I invited locals to experience these objects as prompts tactilely and visually, and asked them to create a narrative for them in a shared artistic process. Healing Rites became a game, an encounter, a participatory scripting process that traced embodied relationship with our

surroundings, surfaces, our commons and political grapples. This scripting process was recorded in audio, later to be fed as prompts to the next group of participants.



The intent behind me choosing these particular regions was to highlight their recent history of struggles with the state regarding development programs to dig for their underground natural resources and by extension to privatize their lands.

Direction: Can Boyan

Research & creation team: Sarin Aga, Mehmet Bozkurt, Narin Bostanci, Merih Boyan

Creation assisted by: Merih Boyan, Ege Altun, Emre Gaci


Photography during Performances: Merih Boyan, Can Boyan, Narin Bostanci.

Executive producer: Fore & Can Boyan

With additional support from UVi.


Thanks to Fore and all the locals of Tonya, Findikli, Mugla, Kirazli, Cukur the performances took place.

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