MOVIE • 2018

A Dinner With Friends

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This participatory video performance by Kadir Kayserilioğlu brings together four friends who did not know each other, inviting them to gather in a house and prepare a meal together. As the evening unfolded, the dinner gradually developed into a kind of improvised ritual. This imaginary ritual became an unexpected and engaging experience for both the participants and the artist. The video consists of recordings made throughout the day, documenting the gradual transformation of an ordinary gathering into a collective ritual. With the exception of certain key elements, such as praying over the dinner, the events and interactions were performed naturally and spontaneously by the participants.