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    The New National Sport, 2018

    Live performance on 8 December 2018

    Argyle Square, Melbourne

    Presented by Artshouse, Melbourne


    In this live endurance performance, Cigdem Aydemir must return serves sent from a tennis-ball throwing machine, which ejects a ball whenever the word ‘terror’ is tweeted. With tweets appearing once every few seconds, The New National Sport questions the stamina of a society inundated by – and desensitised to – the news of terror.

    Like a player in a macabre tennis game, Aydemir ducks and weaves to negotiate the unpredictability of the machine, which is connected to a screen displaying the emerging tweets. Her relentless vigilance reflects that of the Muslim community – of which she is a member – regardless of whether or not a new act of terror occurs or is committed by a Muslim. Over eight hours, The New National Sport attempts to visualise how news of terror impacts the human body – and by extension, the larger, socio-political body.

    Terror – if it doesn’t kill us, will it make us stronger?














    Acknowledgements

    Technical programmer: Warren Armstrong
    Production Manager: Tony MacDonald
    Producer: Tara Prowse

    Photo and video credit: Wendyhouse films



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