Immediate Release
October 2000

THE LIGHT MILLENNIUM TV PROUDLY PRESENTS

"IN SEARCHING FOR BLUE" &
"PEACE: REALITY or UTOPIAN DREAM?"

Program Title:
1) "In Searching for Blue", Produced, Directed & Edited by Mey ELBI and her other short projects..
2) "Peace: Reality or Utopian Dream?", Produced, Directed & Edited by Bircan UNVER

Broadcasting Dates :
Channel #34 (Queens Public Television), Monday, October 16nd, at 10:00 PM on
Channel #35 Queens Public Television), Thursday, October 26th, at 3:00 PM on
Channel#34 (QPTV), Monday, October 30th, 10:00 PM on

Duration: 30 min.
Language: English

The projects definition of Mey ELBI:

* "In Search of Blue" video, 14 minutes. 2000

The city of Bodrum holds an historic attraction for certain types of people. Through video, I attempt to convey visually and metaphorically the source of that attraction by exploring the lives of several intellectuals and artists who choose to live there. Their reasons, partly aesthetic, partly philosophical, disclose a fierce abnegation of contemporary urban life and a sophisticated level of critical thought towards twenty-first century values. My intent is to study this lived philosophy in media critical terms by presenting it as an ordered set of resonant symbolic images.

* Istanbul , video, 4 minutes. 1998.

Being inspired by the poeme "I am listening to Istanbul" (Istanbul’u Dinliyorum) written by the famous Turkish poet Orhan Veli Kanik, May aimed to witness her audience of the beauty of Istanbul. Intentionally, the images were washed out in black and white, and the audio, layered in two different languages, were mixed up.

* Salvador Dali, video, 1 minutes. 1998.

Layered over the original voice of Salvador Dali, through this short project, Mey attempt to display some of the masterpieces of Salvador Dali.

* Peace: Reality & Utopian Dream, 12 minutes, 1992, Bircan UNVER.

The program quests an answer through the peace organizations, academicians and people for "the global peace"! The project was shot during the election campaign, -before the first term Clinton’s administration- in October 1992.

About Mey ELBI

She has just completed her Master’s Degree in Media Studies at The New School. Her studies of sociology in University of Geneva allowed her to understand society in its complex unity. During her time in her native country, Turkey, she had different experiences in PR and advertising. Then, moving to New York, during here studies here, she went into

documentary making and media theory. Mey is currently working in a post-production company which deals mainly with documentaries and film editing. Today, Mey's goal is to combine her conceptual background, vision, creativity an the technical skills, which she has acquired so far.

Re-runs:

October 19th. Millennium Of Dance, on Channel 35, at 3:00 pm on.
October 23rd. The Greek Miracle, on Channel 34, at 10:00 pm. on

Contact:

E-mail: lightmillennium@yahoo.com
http://www.lightmillennium.org

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