This puppet play satirizes national narratives through Kasperle theatre and Karagöz shadow-play conventions. Structured around three contracts; Faust and the devil, the artist and the state, and erotic power-play; it makes consent, refusal, and accountability visible as puppets defy authority and demand justice.
Festival 2026
Here and Now, and After?
Multiple origins, 2025
Directed by
İz Öztat
İz Öztat
Running time
26 mins
26 mins
Tickets
2 May 2026, 3:00 PM
Past Event
Museum of the Home

Director Bio
İz Öztat (b. 1981, Istanbul; lives and works in Berlin) is an artist whose practice spans moving image, installation, writing, and research. She studied Fine Arts and Visual Communication Design (MA) at Sabancı University, Istanbul, and Studio Art (BA, with honors) at Oberlin College, Ohio. She was a fellow of the Berlin Artistic Research Programme (2024–25).