Göksu Kunak
Don’t Let Them Shoot the Kite
Göksu Kunak presents the new, site-specific performance Don’t Let Them Shoot the Kite at 8 pm on April 25, 2025, as part of the exhibition opening. The piece is named after the 1989 film by Tunç Başaran and is based on the 1986 novella of the same title by Feride Çiçekoğlu.
Together with singer Saadet Türköz and Saz musicians from the Verein Can Arkadaş, Kunak creates a futuristic world in which tradition and subculture converge.
The performance begins with an introduction by Göksu Kunak on Goseriedeplatz in front of the Kestner Gesellschaft. This introduction reflects on the historically charged context of migration, the current political tensions, and Europe’s relationship with the so-called “Middle East.” The themes explored include socio-political questions such as self-Orientalization, individual conditioning, and binary, heteronormative patterns of thought.