Warm Earth Sounds for Plants and the People Who Love Them continues with Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu’s installation titled I wonder how my homeland fares.

The installation draws its title from the lyrics of a folk song by Karacaoğlan, as described in Yaşar Kemal’s Üç Anadolu Efsanesi [Three Anatolian Legends]. Hatipoğlu parallels her own migration journey with the displacement of potted plants and forms a composition based on their transfer from various lands to the Winter Garden, underscoring intuitive communication and sensory experience.

Installation and Composition: Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu**
Cello and Vocals: Ulrike Ruf and Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu***
Bağlama: Ufuk Elik
Recording: Alexis Baskind
Mix: Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu and Alexis Baskind
Fragrance Design: Rana Kent

The composer will engage in a conversation about the installation, followed by a live performance on October 8. The conversation will be held in Turkish.

Tuesday, October 8*
19.00 Talk and Live Performance

The program is realized as part of L’Internationale’s Museum of the Commons project and with the support of EK BİÇ YE İÇ.

Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu is a cellist, composer, and improviser. She received her master’s degree in Music Theory and Composition at the Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory in 2016. In 2022, she completed her PhD at the Istanbul Technical University Centre for Advanced Studies in Music with her thesis titled “A Practice-Based Research on Musical Improvisation: Collaborative Improvisation as a Play.” Her practice centers on free improvisation, contemporary/new music, Turkish makam, and collaborative projects with interdisciplinary artists.

*Limited seats. No reservations.

**Melody in the composition: Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (Aşık Veysel)
***Melodies in the vocal part: Kırmızı Gülün Alı Var (Anonymous), Es Dunkelt Schon in Der Heide (Anonymous)