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Ghostly Places (work-in-progress)
Ghostly Places is a work-in-progress VR performance and part of Furkan Ak’s ongoing artistic research into ghostly presences, memory, and immersive technologies. The project follows the night ghosts of St-Gilles, Brussels, through stories shared by Ak’s neighbors. Ghostly Places explores how cities remember and forget, how hidden histories linger in shadows, doorways, and everyday spaces. It invites us to tune in to what usually stays unnoticed.
Concept and Directing: Furkan Ak Digital Technology Advisors: Lawrence Kudria, Jafar Hejazi Residencies: Kunstenwerkplaats, CAMPO, Cinemaximiliaan, Citylab Special thanks to Florencia Giovana Papaleo Yaccuzzi, Hispano Belga vzw, Miguel Menéndez With the support of Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Concept and Directing: Furkan Ak Digital Technology Advisors: Lawrence Kudria, Jafar Hejazi Residencies: Kunstenwerkplaats, CAMPO, Cinemaximiliaan, Citylab Special thanks to Florencia Giovana Papaleo Yaccuzzi, Hispano Belga vzw, Miguel Menéndez With the support of Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Rare Sun
Rare Sun is a theatre performance that uses immersive sound with a text that consists of diary entries.
Rare Sun (2024), which explores displacement, migration, and memory through immersive soundscapes created with binaural recording technology. The performance premiered at the Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS) in Brussels and was shortlisted for the Roel Verniers Prize at Het Theater Festival. Through headphones, the audience is drawn into an intimate yet disorienting sensory world, where autobiographical elements and fiction intertwine to evoke a profound sense of being 'out of place.'
Credits
Concept & Direction: Furkan Ak Adaptation: Furkan Ak, Rojda Gülizar Karakuş, Phil Wegerer Cast Giulia Vitiello, Luisa Mar Gal, Ozan Bingöl Costume Benjamin: Huynh Dramaturgy: Phil Wegerer, Rojda Gülizar Karakuş Production & Scenography: Pierre-Louis De Clercq Light Design: Jasse Vergauwe Sound & Technic: Brice Léonard Translation: Elena Brea, Phil Wegerer Voiceover: Jeroen Van der Ven, Françoise Berlanger Coaches: Begüm Erciyas, Katja Dreyer, Julie Pfleiderer Thanks to: Skagen, WensMens VZW, Zonzo Compagnie, Hannah Lysens, Elias D’hollander, Bart Capelle, Erin Yearsley, Georgina Teunissen, Roxane Huilmand Poster Design: Elif Baliç
Rare Sun (2024), which explores displacement, migration, and memory through immersive soundscapes created with binaural recording technology. The performance premiered at the Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS) in Brussels and was shortlisted for the Roel Verniers Prize at Het Theater Festival. Through headphones, the audience is drawn into an intimate yet disorienting sensory world, where autobiographical elements and fiction intertwine to evoke a profound sense of being 'out of place.'
Credits
Concept & Direction: Furkan Ak Adaptation: Furkan Ak, Rojda Gülizar Karakuş, Phil Wegerer Cast Giulia Vitiello, Luisa Mar Gal, Ozan Bingöl Costume Benjamin: Huynh Dramaturgy: Phil Wegerer, Rojda Gülizar Karakuş Production & Scenography: Pierre-Louis De Clercq Light Design: Jasse Vergauwe Sound & Technic: Brice Léonard Translation: Elena Brea, Phil Wegerer Voiceover: Jeroen Van der Ven, Françoise Berlanger Coaches: Begüm Erciyas, Katja Dreyer, Julie Pfleiderer Thanks to: Skagen, WensMens VZW, Zonzo Compagnie, Hannah Lysens, Elias D’hollander, Bart Capelle, Erin Yearsley, Georgina Teunissen, Roxane Huilmand Poster Design: Elif Baliç
Ghostly Matters
Audio Walk
Ghostly Matters as part of the 'We Are Here' project within the 'Future Narratives'. This performance offered a foreign perspective on Brussels, encouraging participants to reimagine the city through immersive storytelling and fostering a deep connection between the audience and the urban landscape. Supervised by Kyoko Scholiers
Ghostly Matters as part of the 'We Are Here' project within the 'Future Narratives'. This performance offered a foreign perspective on Brussels, encouraging participants to reimagine the city through immersive storytelling and fostering a deep connection between the audience and the urban landscape. Supervised by Kyoko Scholiers
Body Needs Bass
What happens when a body starts moving and can’t stop? Body Need Bass is inspired by the dancing plague of 1518, when Madame Trofea stepped into the street and began to dance, sparking a wave of uncontrollable movement. This project taps into that same raw impulse—the need to move, to feel, to resist. Set in an immersive, club-like environment, the performance surrounds the audience with heavy bass, lights, and collective motion. You can dive into the rhythm or remain at the edges, observing the energy as it builds. Both ways of experiencing are equally vital. It is a space where bodies think through movement. Where resistance pulses through sound. Where presence becomes power.
Credits Concept and Direction: Furkan Ak Text: Phil Wegerer, Furkan Ak Stage Design: Lars Uten Voiceover: Hannah Lysens
Credits Concept and Direction: Furkan Ak Text: Phil Wegerer, Furkan Ak Stage Design: Lars Uten Voiceover: Hannah Lysens
There are no others, this is only us
“How does your head look to your eyes?
Well, I'll tell you . It looks like what you see out in front of you.
Because all that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head. It is easy enough to stand still.
The difficulty is to walk without touching the ground.
Why do you feel so heavy?
It isn't just a matter of gravitation and weight.
It is that you feel that you are carrying your body around..”
Participatory dance performance with Alan Watts' speech
Credits
Choreography Furkan Ak Performance Penelope Desloovere, Patricio Ardissone
Coaching Roxane Huilmand
Well, I'll tell you . It looks like what you see out in front of you.
Because all that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head. It is easy enough to stand still.
The difficulty is to walk without touching the ground.
Why do you feel so heavy?
It isn't just a matter of gravitation and weight.
It is that you feel that you are carrying your body around..”
Participatory dance performance with Alan Watts' speech
Credits
Choreography Furkan Ak Performance Penelope Desloovere, Patricio Ardissone
Coaching Roxane Huilmand
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