8936 chansons (2022)
PLAYLIST, PERFORMANCE

The unfinished list of compilations - offered, received, published, played, destroyed, archived, or hidden - helps me trace a path that feels like mine, yet is inseparable from those of others. It brings together glimpses of the highway, the sea, the bedroom, the club, the school, the skyscraper, the hospital, the forest, the cemetery, the birthday, the demonstration, the breakup, the TV, the project…

Related projects:
8937th song;
8938th song: with Nil Yalter

8936 chansons (2022)
PERFORMANCE - DSRA presentation- 35 min

In this performance, song titles - their histories, translations, or omissions - are brought into dialogue with personal and collective aspirations. The piece draws from a list of recordings in Turkish, English, and French. Identities are examined through lyrics, interviews, and language lessons. Three performers weave links between remakes, youth idols, and collective slogans. Together, the web project and the performance explore the tension between the mass and the fragment.

Performers: Enrico Floriddia, Éden Lebegue, Melis Tezkan
Music and sound collaborator: Ömer Sarıgedik
Lightning and space collaborator: Nicolas Marie
Outside eyes: Banu Cennetoğlu and Jan Kopp
Project Assistant: Lilith Bodineau

8936 chansons was developed during a residency at the Coopérative de Recherche at ESACM. The work was mentored by artists Banu Cennetoğlu and Jan Kopp. Other artists who participated in the research sessions included Leticia Chanliau and Sarah Netter.

8936 chansons was presented as a private restitution in October 2022 at Boom'Structur. It was discussed by a group of ESACM students and a group of professionals composed of artists Philippine Hoegen and Jennifer Lacey, along with curator Aslı Seven.

Production: La Coopérative de Recherche and ESACM (Clermont-Ferrand), Boom'Structur' (Clermont-Ferrand), Les Subs (Lyon).

Thanks: Marion Balac, Armelle Coquart, Berk Çakmakçı, Gérald Kurdian, Manon Pretto, Okan Urun, Nil Yalter and the teams of ESACM, Boom'Structur and Les Subs.

Related projects:
8937th song;
8938th song: with Nil Yalter

8936 chansons (2022)
PLAYLIST

The current version of 8936 chansons is a compilation of nearly all the music Melis Tezkan has listened to, from childhood up to September 2022. It serves as both an exercise in memory and an attempt to reconstruct the emotional landscape experienced over the years. To begin listening, click on any song.

https://playlist.melistezkan.com/
Web development by Armelle Coquart.

Related projects:
8937th song;
8938th song: with Nil Yalter