Was there really an essence that made me who I was? Had my body, my voice, my tongue, the place I called home changed, had I become a different person? However, I had gradually brought out the person I was, despite everything and everyone who tried to destroy it.
My Mother's Rib is the story of those who are proud of their identity, those who live love freely, those who know the language of immigration best, those who challenge the social domination over sexuality, those who are tired of stereotypical values and uniform lifestyles.
Burçin Tetik responds to the divisive discourses and the language of anger that surrounds our lives with all the colors of the rainbow. Original, sensitive, brave... As in that famous song, somewhere above the rainbow, all the way up...
Part of 6. Berliner Herbstsalon GEZİ – TEN YEARS AFTER. Ein Prolog im Frühling.