"Murder in Three Acts" | by A. Gurel Kangal

| Project Name : "MURDER IN THREE ACTS" |
| Generated for : Frieze Projects - FRIEZE ART FAIR 2012 |
| Generated by : Asli Cavusoglu + A. Gurel Kangal |
| Production Patterns : Exhibition + Online |

frieze coordination art fair Production Exhibition art direction Fine Arts contemporary art

Snapshot of the Intro Production, with Multi-Designer Mehmet Ulusahin, 2012

| Accomplishments |

Assistance in Project Production

Conceptual Assistance in Script Development

Coordinating External and Internal Communications

Creative and Technical Staff Liaison

Coordinating the Press Relationships

Delfina Foundation Artist Talk, 2012

Vernissage TV Artist Interview, 2012

Intro Production, with Multi-Designer Mehmet Ulusahin, 2012

| Project Brief |

Murder in Three Acts was inspired by the representation of art in popular media, particularly in television crime series in which the artworks don’t solely exist in the background of the show, but become a vital part of the script: exhibitions function as crime scenes and art works act as murder weapons.

Imagining the decision-making process behind these props based on representation of forensics science and art, Murder in Three Acts was structured as a real-time performance involving a professional crime drama crew and actors, in which an ‘exhibition’ scene from a presumed crime drama is being discussed and rehearsed transparently during the opening hours of Frieze London. The project drew links between the role of evidence in a televised crime scene and real artworks justifying themselves in the sphere of speculation and invited special ‘advisors’ and visitors to participate in discussions with the professional cast and crew.

Murder in Three Acts was created in partnership with Delfina Foundation’s artist-in-residency programme and it was produced in association with Manifold Projects.