Intangible Sound of Contact - Istanbul
room 40 ECHOES
Location: Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
Intangible Sound of Contact investigates the history of contact between distinct groups of people at the beginning of the 20th century. Based on the history of the Blumenau family, it addresses the German presence in Brazil and Turkey during the so-called new colonialism at the beginning of the 20th century.
The project considers listening as a phenomenon that relates artistic experiences to a specific territory.
Text: Laura Mello
Speakers: Aaron Snyder, Laura Mello, Petra Nachtmanova, Zack Hart
Music: Laura Mello, Petra Nachtmanova, Çağrı Bangevaz
Acknowledgments: Çiğdem İksilik, Lena Alpozan, Pia Entenmann, Sinem Tekel, Jutta and Hans-Joachim Blumenau-Niesel, Cathrin Hermann, Klaus Wolf, Wolfgang Musil.
Funded by: Alumnifonds Tarabya Cultural Academy, Goethe Institut Istanbul, German Minister of State for Culture and Media (Program Neustart Kultur).
Sources: - German Political Archive of the Foreign Office (References: RZ 201/13529 RZ 201/13530, RZ 201/19177, RZ 201/19015, RZ 201/21068, RZ 201/21069). - Veit Veltzke „Unter Wüstensöhnen. Die deutsche Expedition Klein im Ersten Weltkrieg" (Berlin 2014) - Sean MacMeekin: "The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power, 1898-1918" (Penguin, UK, 2011)
To discover the brazilian side of this history listen to the Audiowalk O Som Intangível do Contato under this link: https://explore.echoes.xyz/collections/ECqtvt88m7O4kwYK
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The Echoes
01 - Baghdad Bahn and German Djihad
Historian Salvador Oberhaus said: "The illusion of the early end of the war in Europe was followed b…
02 - The German Lawrence of Arabia
Everybody knows Lawrence of Arabia, but the German expeditions to the Orient during the First World …
03 - Attack on the Oil Wells
Erich von Falkenhayn, Prussian Minister of War Berlin, October 8, 1914 Acknowledgment Yesterday I s…
04 - The Karun/Klein Expedition
The 400-man Karun expedition included mostly Austro-Hungarian soldiers who had escaped from Russian …
05 - Participant nr. 16
War diary of the Karun expedition by Captain Klein 1914 / 1915 List of participants Number 16: Herma…
06 - Pedro Hermann Blumenau
Pedro Hermann Blumenau was a Brazilian citizen volunteer war officer. His father, Hermann Bruno Otto…
07 - Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran
The area where the expedition Klein was on the road from 1914 to 1916 today includes Turkey, Syria, …
08 - Blessings in Karbala
Fritz Klein - Campaign Memories Since it was in great political interest to carry the holy war into…
09 - Seeking for energy sources
Speaker: Klaus Wolf Image: AI
10 - Mineral resources of all kinds
Fritz Klein, Campaign Memories "It was obvious to take advantage of this opportunity for the German…
11 - Colonialism does not recognize natural borders
Ailton Krenak, a Brazilian writer, researcher, environmentalist and indigenous leader. says: “The re…
12 - The Ride to the Wells
On February 11, 1915, Lieutenant Hermann Blumenau, Constable Clemens Kirchner, who had previously wo…
and 28 more echoes…
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