ENDOPHASIA is based on the recovery journey of Sinan Uygun, who, following a brain hemorrhage in 2010, continued his life with partial paralysis and aphasia. The project incorporates artificial intelligence technologies and interdisciplinary art activities, utilizing customized language and speech exercises. Under the guidance of his daughter, Gökçe Uygun, Sinan engages in physical and verbal exercises, including mirroring, repetition-based facial expressions, motor movements, and word formation, supported by language-based AI applications. This performance documents Sinan's progress step-by-step, offering a live experience of how the human brain and speech centers function.

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     The performance presents a glimpse into the linguistic challenges faced by an aphasic individual in daily life and moments of inner speech that they cannot fully express. It explores the brain's recovery process, the internal reflections of language-based challenges, and the communication skills and experiences of individuals through the lens of neuro-linguistics.

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Credits

 Concept & Director: Gökçe Uygun

 Music & Sound & Stage Composition: Güneş Bozkır

 Interactive Media & 3D Design: Can Memişoğulları

 Performance: Selim Cizdan, Sinan Uygun

 Movement Design: Salih Usta

 Stage Design & Dramaturgy: Neslihan Şık

 Lighting Design & Stage Manager: Umut Rışvanlı

 Movement Dramaturgy: Senay Arslan

 Production Manager: Seril Aksoy

 Project & Director’s Assistant: Ecenaz Bilgili

 Communications Officer: Mehmet Çelik

 Artistic Consultant: Tolga Tüzün

 Neurologist & Scientific Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hakan Gürvit

 Software & Technology Consultant: Emir Cem Gezer

 Legal Advisor: Semin Tunalı

 

- The recording of Sinan Uygun’s image, voice, and story, during the project process, exhibition, and documentary filming, is done with his full consent.
- The entire project process and live performance involve consultation with Sinan Uygun’s doctors and the Neurology Department of Istanbul University’s Çapa Medical Faculty, with all necessary health and ethics committee approvals obtained.