The Interview, 2008
Işıl Eğrikavuk
The Interview, 2008
Colour video with sound
7 minutes, 9 seconds
Installation view
Image courtesy of the Artist
Overview
'Today we are joined by a twenty-seven-year old doctor, Dr Anmaar Abdul Nabi. He has been working at St. Louis Memorial Hospital, looking for a cure for a disease that could potentially affect the entire world: the bird flu.'
These opening lines introduce The Interview, an indirect narration of the real-life story of Dr Abdul Nabi, an Iraqi doctor who came to the United States in 2008. The video is shot in a hospital laboratory in St. Louis, Missouri, where Dr Abdul Nabi works. He has been asked by the US government to find a cure for the deadly epidemic before it travels to the United States.
The video consists of two separate interviews, shown on a split screen: on the right, Dr Abdul Nabi is interviewed by local St. Louis reporter Anne Marie Berger; on the left, Eğrikavuk coaches the doctor as to how he should formulate his answers. Through the metaphor of bird flu, the video brings up issues of war, migration and homeland.
2013
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11
Project Images
The Interview
Işıl Eğrikavuk
2008
Colour video with sound
7 minutes, 9 seconds
Installation view
Image courtesy of the Artist
The Interview
Işıl Eğrikavuk
2008
Colour video with sound
7 minutes, 9 seconds
Installation view
Image courtesy of the Artist
The Interview
Işıl Eğrikavuk
2008
Colour video with sound
7 minutes, 9 seconds
Installation view
Image courtesy of the Artist
The Interview by Işıl Eğrikavuk
Related
Eğrikavuk, Işıl
In addition to creating videos and performances, Işıl Eğrikavuk works as a journalist and teaches media and video art at Istanbul Bilgi University.
March Meeting 2013: Towards a New Cultural Cartography
This publication takes as its starting point Yuko Hasegawa’s curatorial concept for Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:Emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography and March Meeting 2013.