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Echoes 

a parallel soundwalk between Cologne and Istanbul  

(c) Eleny Teffera  

We walk through the city for 60 minutes.
We pause, listen, and make connections – to each other, to the here and now, and into the distance.

ECHOES begins with the seemingly simple phenomenon of the echo – and yet means more: memories, traces, repetitions, and spaces of resonance for collective and individual stories.

Which voices fade unheard?
Which are amplified?
Which narratives shape our sense of reality – and whose stories are missing? 

                        Two Cities, One Time 

ECHOES is an installative, artistic soundwalk taking place simultaneously in Cologne and Istanbul.

Through a live audio connection, two groups of participants are linked in real time - voices, music, and sound fragments flow between the cities.
Together, we explore sound, space, and resonance.

ECHOES does not seek superficial similarities between two places.
Instead, it finds common ground within differences: in shared time, in sound, in moments of attentive listening.

Voices, compositions, and installative elements weave the everyday with the political, opening new perspectives on city and society. 

Background 

ECHOES is a collaborative project by bridgeworks (Cologne) and Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası (Istanbul).

An interdisciplinary team of artists from both cities has developed this artistic soundwalk, taking place simultaneously in Cologne and Istanbul.

For several months, the teams have been working together in residencies and exchange projects to create new forms of dialogue and collaboration through art – across linguistic, geographical, and cultural boundaries.

ECHOES is the first joint project within this exchange.
Emerging from current political tensions, questions of artistic freedom and perception, and the historical connections between Germany and Turkey, this collaboration understands difference not as division, but as resonance.    

Team

CONCEPT & DEVELOPEMENT: Viola Hilbing //  Anna Beetz //  Nazlı Tecimer 
ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS: Chriss Gross // Anna Beetz // Zeynep Oktar // Serkan Aka // Sandra Zawada // Viola Hilbing // Nazlı Tecimer // Berke Can Özcan 
SUPPORT: Ela Schuh, Simon Eifeler
SOUNDDESIGN: Chriss Gross
TECHNICAL CONCEPT: Daniel Swoboda // Defne Gül                           

Special thanks to: 
Erik A. Werner, Stephan Stock

Workshops

As part of ECHOES, NEOLA art projects e.V. is organizing workshops with young people in Cologne.
Here for further information and registration

A co-production by bridgeworks and Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası.

Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and by the City of Cologne – Division for Europe and International Affairs and the Department of Arts and Culture (Cultural Office).