Workshop: Timeleon and Kemal Hoca on Imbros
This workshop featured a single-shot documentary capturing an intimate conversation between two central figures of the island: Timeleon, an island-born, self-taught musician, and Kemal Yazgan, a retired teacher from the former Gökçeada Teacher Training School. The film was conceived as a one-take, uninterrupted recording—eschewing the narrative interventions typical of fictional documentaries. Instead of guiding the viewer toward a predetermined interpretation, the single-plan approach preserves the immediacy of the moment, allowing meaning to emerge naturally through the encounter itself.
By refusing cuts, direction, or aesthetic manipulation, the recording invites viewers to witness the dialogue as it unfolded, leaving space for personal interpretation and emotional resonance. This form was chosen deliberately: to honor the integrity of the island’s oral histories and to foreground the act of listening as a method of research.
The workshop followed the screening of the Kaykaki documentary and opened into a horizontal discussion circle, bringing together researchers, artists, and participants. This shared space created a rare moment of reciprocal exchange—where memory, music, pedagogy, and local experience intertwined.
Participating DBB Artists:
Umut Kambak, Alp Tugan, Metehan Köktürk, Alara Çivici, Yiğit Türüdü
Reference:
Kaykaki Documentary — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fm50LiHWgU
*The artists preferred not to share their visual materials at this stage; therefore, only their artistic statement is included.
