The 13th Istanbul Biennial: "Mom, Am I A Barbarian?"                                                                                                        Antrepo No. 3  

"Mere Phantoms" by Maya Ersan & Jaimie Robson

"Mere Phantoms"

Mere Phantoms is a new level of the idea 'shadow', based in Montreal, Canada. It is creating site-specific installations & performances by combining paper cut-outs, drawings, videos and animations. Mere Phantoms is inspired from shadow puppetry, but instead of hiding the puppets, they are put in the center to create dynamic outcomes with multiple handheld lights. Also as a difference from shadow puppetry, Mere Phantoms interacts with the audience by inviting them to participate.

For the 13th Istanbul Biennial...

They prepared a public workshop for children: "Come Out And Play". This sentence was infamously used in an election campaign slogan against Turkey's Prime Minister Erdoğan's words: "Don't come to the game, don't be tricked by these 'chapullers'."