“Audiences and Online Reception: Before and After COVID” will host the Turkish Hip Hop group Tahribad-ı İsyan for a performance and presentation on Friday, November 13th from 9:30 AM-11:30 AM (ET) via Zoom.
Tahribad-ı İsyan will discuss how the company formed, the social messages central to their music, and their current work with refugees in Turkey. The presentation will be delivered in Turkish with English translation by urban rights activist Funda Oral. Following the presentation, Tahribad-ı İsyan will perform several of their hit songs and share in a question-and-answer session moderated by Dr. Danielle Schoon, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. This free event is open to the public.
About Tahribad-ı İsyan
Tahribad-ı İsyan was formed in 2008 in the historical Sulukule district of Istanbul by then high school classmates, Slang and Zen-G.
After getting their dance, song writing, and theater education at Funda Oral's Sulukule Children Art Atelier, their first break came with the song “Ghetto Machines” in 2012, which was written as a reaction to the gentrification of their neighborhood. The song was featured in Amnesty International's Listen to Roma Rights album, which was released to support Romani musicians around the world.
In 2013, the band starred in Halil Altındere's video, Wonderland, to critical acclaim. The video was showcased in the 13th Istanbul Biennial and later became part of MoMA's permanent collection. That year, the band started to work on their debut album, also called Tahribad-ı İsyan, which was released on March 3, 2017. Their other singles include “Çamur”, “Sambiki Saru”, “Leyla”, “Ghetto Star”, "Susamam", and "Çatapat".
The band values service to their community and society. Slang and Zen-G paved the way for other children of Sulukule who want to pursue similar paths. They became teachers at the atelier and also taught at Çimenev Science and Art Center. In 2013, they organized hip hop workshops for earthquake victims' children in Van, Turkey, and in 2014, they organized hip hop workshops in Suruç for Syrian children. Since 2015, they continue holding workshops for refugee and asylum seeker children in Istanbul.
Event Information
Tahribad-ı İsyan Performance and Presentation
Friday, November 13th
9:30-10:15 AM (ET): Tahribad-ı İsyan presentation with translator Funda Oral
10:15-10:45 AM (ET): Live concert by Tahribad-ı İsyan
10:45-11:30 AM (ET): Question-and-answer session
Registration for this Zoom event is required. Please fill-out the RSVP form by Wednesday, November 11th to receive the Zoom event link.
If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Lyndsey Vader at vader.6@osu.edu Requests made two weeks before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
“Audiences and Online Reception: Before and After COVID” is a year-long series of online symposia that examines the impact of COVID-19 and quarantine experiences on artistic and cultural production. This series is made possible through Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme funding. For more information on upcoming events, visit https://u.osu.edu/audiencesandonlinereception/.
