"Pay No Attention To The Woman Behind The Curtain"

Hypercube Space

It is an experimental art performance led by the conceptual artist Özge Topçu. It approaches the cymatics science in an artistic way.

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“Pay No Attention to the Woman Behind the Curtain”Özge Topçu, 2022Art Performance40 min“Pay No Attention to the Woman Behind the Curtain” is an art performance led by the conceptual artist Özge Topçu. The performance’s burlesque version is particularly iterated for the Crypto Coven Halloween Night at Hypercube Space presented by EarlyStation DAO. The performance combines cymatics science and sound frequencies generated by the Tibetan Singing Bowl instrument. It is a participatory art performance shaped by audience interaction and inspired by the shamanic background of stereotypical supernatural witch ceremonies.The name of the performance is inspired by a well-known quote from the retro cult movie “The Wizard of Oz”. In the performance, the artist uses irony and pastiche. She manipulates positive science to distort the daily facts like magicians do and reveal the manipulations which shape societies’ perception. The theme of the artwork manifests through the artist as she says, “I wanted to reveal the artificial fiction of the contemporary world system and how the absolute credibility of this fiction was influential on people.”During the performance, the audience will be encouraged to interact with the water display bowls situated on top of the frequency transmitters. As the artist emits sound from the physical instrument (Tibetan Bowls) behind the curtain, the water in the display bowls will move, simultaneously with that of the sound. Additional representation Tibetan Bowls carry in this performance stems from “cauldrons,” originally used by witches, displaying the magical effects of the cymatics patterns created on water as a result of sound frequencies.Contributors:A﻿ndre SilvestreR﻿icardo SanteodoroM﻿oongathaE﻿arlyStation DAOA﻿bout the artist: www.ozgetopcu.comE﻿vent details:Snacks, wine, and beer will be served.Get access for the show and Halloween party at Hypercube Space in Campo de Ourique area, Lisbon.Time: November 5, 2022 1﻿8:00Location: Hypercube SpaceRua Almeida e Sousa 40 B, R/C, 1350-031 Lisbon- PortugalAbout Hypercube SpaceHyperCube is a non-profit experimental art space founded by artist, Özge Topçu and takes its purpose and identity from her art practice. It is dedicated to curating and hosting projects that further understanding the relationship between space, science, and sociology. It is an open and transparent project space for trans-disciplinary activity and aims to build institutional engagement with non-institutional actors. We are open for project proposals from makers, thinkers, artists, and scientists year-round.www.hypercubespace.orgAbout the ArtistÖzge Topçu, born in 1987, lives and works in Lisbon and Istanbul.She is known for her large-scale installations that resonate with architecture and reveal the dynamics of the urban and psychogeography. She is inspired by history, architectural elements, and the positive sciences. Recently she started to create big scale and digital installations in Virtual Reality. She combines real places with digital 3d artworks.She is a grant 2019 recipient from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. In 2018 she was nominated for MAC Ulster Bank International Art Prize in the UK and participated in Art Night London 2018 with her project “Agora”. She has taken part in several solo and group exhibitions in Istanbul, Berlin, London, Belfast, Amsterdam and Lisbon.www.ozgetopcu.com

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