The Eagle And The Tortoise (2020)
National Sawdust, NYC, Jan 2020
IDFA, Amsterdam 2022
Under The Radar, BRIC NYC, 2024
The Eagle and The Tortoise invites the audience into a live sound and video installation where they collectively read a hand-made book. The book tells the story of a young student from Turkey who became an icon of leftist resistance, an armed militant, a political prisoner, and finally, a proxy soldier in an American war. This visual essay traces the history of the aerial view—in art, mythology, journalism, and warfare - to make the case for other ways of looking.
Writing & book co-design by sister sylvester
Book co-design and illustrations by efrîn nowar
Lighting design by Bruce Steinberg
Immersive sound design by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
Live Music (Saz and Ney) by Ozan Aksoy
Cinematography by Civan Özkanoğlu
Projection design by Robin A. Ediger-Seto
Dramaturgy by Andrew Kircher
Book design consultation and printing by Gabe Greenberg
Photos by Jill Steinberg, Video by Oscar Durand