Stand-in as a performative repertoire of action

Özge Derman (1)

1 CRAL - Centre de recherches sur les arts et le langage

Numerous rallies, gatherings and occupations in public squares of large cities have occurred since 2010. They constitute a new guideline to new social movements, which embrace a transformation in public spaces through interaction, shared experience and art so that a collective energy is generated within a given context and time. They therefore propose an alternative form of acting and living together in the light of the equality of all individuals involved. The re-creation of this new active citizenship, both individually and collectively, is also highly connected with the appropriation of a performative repertoire of action within everyday life. This paper focuses on the active, yet unorganized participation of Turkish citizens across the country to the protestation and/or performance of the Standing Man. Standing still and silent offers thus a performative action, which has become collective through social networks. This unpredicted act has been a pioneer in terms of the transformation of a singular creative intervention to a collective performative action.

Mots clés: occupy movements; Standing man; Gezi Uprising; artistic intervention; performative action; Standing Man; Artistic intervention; Performative action; Occupy

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Özge Derman. Stand-in as a performative repertoire of action. Turkish Studies, 2017, Conventional versus non-conventional political participation in Turkey: dimensions, means, and consequences, 18 (1), pp.182-208. ⟨10.1080/14683849.2016.1273777⟩. ⟨hal-03024388⟩