Snapshot

Snapshot

Snapshot is a collective reconstruction of news stories in the United Arab Emirates over the last four decades.
Snapshot is a collective reconstruction of news stories in the United Arab Emirates over the last four decades. Eğrikavuk has conducted research in UAE news archives and chosen more than a hundred headlines from major newspapers and magazines. Each headline is printed on a piece of paper and distributed to viewers, who are asked to reconstruct the story in writing. Their fictional reports are then read out by a professional news anchor. Earlier versions of Snapshot were performed in Istanbul and Chicago in 2007, with Turkish and American news stories respectively. 2013 This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11 Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation

Işıl Eğrikavuk
Snapshot, 2013
Performance
Performance still
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio