Suspended by İz Öztat & Ann Antidote was screened on KIRIK's online program (04/12/2023)
Suspended, a co-production by İz Öztat and Ann Antidote, was screened at KIRIK from December 4 to 10, 2023, as part of a screening program featuring queer productions and works by LGBTI+ artists. Suspended portrays a scene of suspension. The scene, negotiated through a consensual contract between The Submissive, The Dominant and The Voyeur, interrogates the power dynamics experienced in daily life. The Submissive explores being a body without agency —a reference to the suspension of freedom of expression in the public sphere of Turkey. The body of The Submissive is wrapped, tied and suspended by The Dominant in a white parchment which resembles both a swaddle and a shroud. The scene is recorded by The Voyeur, who makes the production of the video possible by bartering their labor.