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The Traveler (2019) 5:39 min
Maria Andersson

“Andersson’s The Traveler (2019) takes the form of an educational video on Tarcan’s discovery of a song written by the Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding, who disliked urbanization and idealized rustic society. Tarcan adapted this song, “Tre trallande jäntor” (Three Carolling Girls), to a Turkish context, turning it into a youth anthem with lyrics expressing a desire for physical activity and a return to nature. In The Traveler, Andersson identifies the song as a metonym of Turkey’s modernization, and conveys its enduring popularity in Turkey by incorporating footage of basketball fans in Istanbul singing it.”

Excerpt from review in Art in America by Kaya Genç's of Forward, March! at SALT Beyoğlu; “Maria Andersson and Nancy Atakan Unearthed a Historical Agenda to Modernize Turkey — through Gymnastics ”, November 2019. artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/maria-andersson-nancy-atakan-march-forward-salt-beyoglu-62749/

TEXT, CAMERA AND EDITING
(Footage from Taksim Square, 2010)
Maria Andersson

MUSIC
-Tre trallande jäntor. Landsvägsmarsch (En Glad Trall). App. 1905. Music by Felix Körling.
-Dağ Başını Duman Almış. Lyrics by Ali Ulvi Elöve.
Music by Felix Körling.

ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
-Sing-along at Skansen, Stockholm, 1930's.
Clip from the film Varje dag en världsrevy,
Svensk Filmindustri (1937)
-Sing-along at Skansen, Stockholm, 2009.
Clip from the TV-Program, Allsång på Skansen, Sveriges Television AB, (20090728). With Christer Lindarw, Kerstin Ryhed and Johanna Nyström Rauch.
- Galatasaray MP - Olympiacos, 26 January 2012

SUPPORTED BY
IASPIS, The Swedish Arts Grants Commitee
and
SALT Istanbul

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