“O” – an Intersectional, Interdependent Trans-Disciplinary Resistance with Anthony Hüseyin (Singer/Songwriter – Performance Artist, Vocal Coach, Curator, Berlin)
In the letter “O”, which has neither beginning nor end, the line runs in circles and repeats its shape again and again. Anthony in their Vision Talk will share how their work evolved since the phenomenal Gezi Park Resistance in Turkey to become the project “O”, an album that reflects the return to the rediscovery of their gender, their childhood, and their attachment to Zeki Müren, who is considered by many to be the most important queer exponent of Turkish Art (Classical) Music history. Anthony considers Müren as the first example of a nonbinary Turkish artist and a great influence on their music style. Their album alludes to Müren’s as well as contemporary electro-pop music while referring to the third genderless person pronoun in Turkish called “O”, which means “he”, “she” and “it” in one word. Thus, their concept album “O” symbolises Anthony’s personal and artistic quest as a queer, POC, non-binary musician from Turkey. Stylistically, the album “O” is a combination of contemporary electro-pop music with a pinch of techno- house-nu-disco and the Turkish Art Music (Türk Sanat Müzigi) of Zeki Müren. In their work, Anthony approaches voice as a spectrum as well as their gender and expands the normative gender constructions and thus voice.
