Tulu Icözü: October 2012

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

I would like to share with you the 3X3 52 486
it was a great pleasure to take part of this magnificent experimental short film made by Mr.Attila Lorant. From here I would like to express my grateful feelings and thanks to Mr. Gabor Berkes as a Composer and Mr.Attila Lorant for their kind invitation to join them into this wonderful project.

3x3 52 486 is an experimental short film made by Attila Lorant. The film was made with stop motion technique, photographed frame by frame. Approximately 7500 photos from 8 countries (Czech Republic, Egypt, Congo, Hungary, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America and Spain) were used in this production.

This experimental film constitutes a part of a new project - called 3x3 52 486 - of a versatile artist (photographer, writer, director, designer) Attila Lorant. The gist of the project is a 148 pages long photo album, along which an other film was also produced - a 5 minutes long "How to make" documentary. From this project, an exhibition and an iPad application are also coming out soon.

“3x3 is a mosaic, a diary, an encyclopaedia. It is a personal project, a self-confession. It’s a meditative list of all the visual elements, emotions and thoughts that embrace my life. It shows how I lived through my illness, from the loss of hope to regaining it. It reflects my love of solitude and is a quiet reflection on life and passing away. It is a travel diary that does not guide us through geographical locations, but enables us to embark on an inner journey that maps the tiny details of the tangible material world around us, as well as the invisible emotional reality that surrounds us. After years of inhuman hard work my health collapsed. For months I was not sure what to expect of life. Will I ever have another April or Mai in my life? Will I live to have another birthday again? These snapshots constitute all my work of last year. These are photos of a man who is wondering whether these pictures were the last in his life.”
/Attila Lorant/

Music: Gabor Berkes, Voice: Icozu Tulu, Directed-Edited-Photographed by Attila Lorant

Please Enjoy!

3X3 52 486

http://vimeo.com/49906490

Performances

Tulu İçözü attended at a very early age the ateliers of tenor Boldizsár Keönch, coloratura- soprano Magda Nádor, soprano Krisztina Laki, the famous Hungarian soprano Éva Marton and British countertenor Nicholas Clapton. Between 1999 and 2004, as contracted artist she performed in İstanbul State Opera and Ballet productions. She started her music education in 1988 with playing violing. Later on she started singing as mezzo-soprano at the age of 15. She has graduated from the State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2001 and The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (2003-2007). After the graduation she applied to be a student of world-famous Hungarian tenor Gulyás Dénes to specialize in Opera Principal Branch which accepts applications from hundreds of students from all over the world where only three of them can be chosen. Tulu İçözü was one of the three succesful students who had been accepted to work with Gulyás Dénes Her International career started with her performing at the closing concert of International Majk Music Festival with Hungarian State Opera House Orchestra. Until this day she had performed with many acknowledged artist and also worked with numerous companies in the field of art. Next to many important ensembles, theatres and dance companies she had also performed with Prima awarded bow instruments ensemble “Accord Quartet” and Liszt Awarded Hungarian Pianist Király Csaba. She has been living in Budapest, Hungary since 2003. Within the last 14 years, Tulu İçözü had performed in the prominent theatre and concerts halls of Hungary and Budapest such as: International Merlin Theatre, Trafó House of Contemporary Art, Liszt Museum Chamber Hall, French Institute, Bartók Memorial House, Hungarian Radio Marble Hall and MÜPA- Palace of Arts – Glass Hall. In addition to her International concerts and performances, she has been working with a social responsibility project since 2014. She works with ArtMan Association productions (Budapest) to help people who are physically and mentally disabled and diagnosed with autism by music and dance therapy. She is the originator and the curator of the “Bartók and Saygun Encounters” which is an artistic dialogue and knowledge exchange event in the field of arts organized together by Hungary and Turkey. Her last concert with Tanini Trio "My Heart is Immersed in Love" held in Amsterdam, Concertgebouw. Concert is made possible Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Yunus Emre Institute Turkish Cultural Centre, Amsterdam, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkish Embassy in The Hague.

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

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