Maya Deren - 1. Bölüm

In the first session, the films "Meshes of the Afternoon," "Ritual in Transfigured Time," and "The Very Eye of Night" will be screened consecutively. The total duration is 44 minutes. * Ekin Fil will accompany the screenings with a live musical performance. * We would like to thank Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi, the sponsor of Silent Thursday, for their support. 1. Meshes of the Afternoon Director: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid Screenplay: Maya Deren Cast: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid USA / 1943 / 14 min / Black and White / DCP / Silent "Meshes of the Afternoon," Maya Deren's first film, created in collaboration with her then-partner Alexander Hammid, emerged from the unsettling atmosphere of World War II and has become one of the pioneering and most inspiring examples of avant-garde cinema. Deren, uninterested in Hollywood's realistic narrative conventions, creates an unsettling dream world in her subsequent films, filled with symbolism, cyclical structures, repetition, and duality. In this dialogue-free and silent world, created solely through the possibilities of the camera, Deren also appears in front of the camera. 2. Ritual in Transfigured Time Director: Maya Deren Screenplay: Maya Deren Cast: Rita Christiani, Maya Deren, Anaïs Nin, Frank Westbrook, Gore Vidal USA / 1946 / 15 min / Black and White / DCP / Silent "Ritual in Transfigured Time" transforms time through its fragmented structure, as well as by using slow-motion and freeze-frame techniques; it brings together dance and cinema in a unique way. Maya Deren, deeply interested in dance and ritual practices, transforms everyday rituals such as unraveling a woolen thread and greeting into a performance with a constantly changing rhythm. Frozen images, sculptures, and bodies gain new meanings through movement. 3. The Very Eye of Night Director: Maya Deren Screenplay: Maya Deren Cast: Don Freisinger, Richard Sandifer, Patricia Ferrier, Bud Bready, Genaro Gomez, Barbara Levin, Richard Englund, Rosemary Williams, Phillip Salem USA / 1955 / 15 min / Black and White / DCP / Silent "The Very Eye of Night," Deren's "completed" final film, was created in collaboration with choreographer Antony Tudor and students from the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. A notable feature of the film is the negative image technique, which gives the impression that the dancers' bodies are floating in space, free from spatial references.