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Haymat

"Now I am no longer alone; I take my children with me on the search for my homeland."

In Haymat, I narrate through a voiceover about the feeling of "returning home" and reflect on the absence of cultural security. I also document locals in Turkey who shape their daily routines around serving tourists, becoming part of the landscape in the process—keeping the culture alive by doing so. This is how they ensure their own survival and that of their families.

What sets me apart from the tourists in the land of my ancestors? And how do I, in Germany, serve an image through my exoticism, fulfilling expectations and selling traditions?

  • Atiye Noreen Lax
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Haymat
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 20, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Director Biography - Atiye Noreen Lax

Atiye Noreen Lax ( *1994 in Bielefeld, Germany) studied fine arts with concentration on film, video and photography at the HBK Braunschweig in the classes of Aurelia Mihai and Michael Brynntrup. In her art she is concerned about grey areas especially the ones of cultural affiliation. Besides she is multi-instrumentalist and mother of two children.

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Director Statement

In my art I am concerned about the transition from nomadism to „culture clash“. It is about to be connected to nature in today’s urban society, about wanderlust and uprooting.
I have grown up in the gray area of German – Turkish and Pakistani culture.
So what I often present in my work is bridging these gaps and the question of cultural affiliation.

With my work I question the existence of national and religious borders, go to the spiritual level and create worlds beyond actual cultural borders.

I use different media for this:

Abstract landscape and portrait photography using analogue technology.
The human figure in nature plays a major role here but also in other media.

I mainly make experimental video works, often with a performative approach. Poetic in text and images. I create the music/sound myself. I also experiment with calligraphy, whether in film or in painting.

Poetry is therefore the connection between all my artistic disciplines.