Spectating the atmospheric in-betweenness: Peeping Tom
published on ART UNLIMITED 38 (September 2016) https://issuu.com/artunlimited_tr/docs/unlimited_eng_26082016_a4/60 Prolog A décor built in the emptiness of the stage space; a room defined by its floor and two perpendicular walls. There are numerous doors and a window on the walls. One or two people sitting on the chairs in the empty spaces left in two sides of the décor on the stage. Some of the spotlights are placed in these areas and made a part of the atmosphere that was created on the stage: the ones that watch ‘the scene on the stage’ and we, the audience, who watch both. When we first encounter this stage under a darkish light when the curtain is raised, a light coming on and off from the pee hole of the door facing us is visibly seen; as if there is someone behind the door and looking at us from the hole. As one moves, the light coming behind her/him goes off and reappears, just like when you look at the neighbor’s door when you are outside in the stair land...