Thought Experiment Productions

4’33” In Bagdad

2 de Marzo, Sala Fanny Mikey, CNA 11:30am

Haciendo referencia a la composición musical de John Cage, "4'33" en Bagdad" no es lo que parece. Se remonta al pasado reciente, y al presente persistente del fascinante Oriente Próximo, para revelar cómo la música pudo ser el impulso de las primaveras árabes. El espectáculo es una empresa académica enmarcada como una presentación o una charla. Recorta oscuras verdades con striptease y humor inquietante.

El breve espectáculo no es exactamente una representación (de ahí que utilice la palabra presentación, ¡qué académico!), sino una oratoria de las cosas que sabemos y de las que desearíamos no saber. En alusión a una pieza musical que enfatiza el silencio, "4'33' in Baghdad" es un striptease, con muchas burlas y un desnudo diferente que nos deja a todos boquiabiertos.

Referencing John Cage’s musical composition, “4’33” in Baghdad” is not what it seems. It goes back to the recent past, and the persisting present of the riveting Middle East, to reveal how music might have been the impetus for the Arab springs. The show is an academic undertaking framed as a presentation or a talk. It cuts dark truths with striptease and unsettling humour.

The short show is not quite a performance (hence my use of the word presentation – oh how academic indeed!) but an oration of things we know and those we wish we didn’t. An allusion to a piece of music that emphasizes silence, “4’33’ in Baghdad” is a striptease, with much teasing and a different kind of stripping that leaves us all speechless.

Thought Experiment Productions (creation 2015) is the offspring of nü.kolektif, an Istanbul based collective of multi-disciplinary artists working collaboratively on politically- oriented performances that was co-founded by Ülfet Sevdi and Nicolas Royer-Artuso in 2009. One of the trademarks of Thought Experiment Productions is their use of academic research in different fields of the social sciences to build the content of the performances.