Service, 2020
Live Performance for Performistanbul
Diren Demir
The patriarchal system which formed within our society and evolved in our home requires us to give a domestic service. The performance “Service” draws a dramatic portrait of the “groundless” / “fragile” pleasure behind the “Father” figure who has been presenting and adopting to male dominated power for generations. The collaborative performance between the artist and their father represents the action of serving a tea and meets the demand of the male figure. The repetitive process of the action culminates in a delicate sculpture that formed from the Turkish tea cups. The action continues till the gratified sculpture which draws the dictatorship of the patriarchy gets destroyed.
Diren Demir 