2023 / Immersive Experience - Lasts approx. 80'
Ugly
Ugly (Çirkin) is an immersive theatre experience by XTOPIA at Hope Alkazar, Istanbul. I built real-time generative visuals with TouchDesigner, integrating interactive environments into a live performance.
Ugly combines theatre, narration, and digital installation inside an immersive stage environment. The production moves through a surreal story of betrayal across centuries, pairing mythology and fairy-tale references with real-time visuals, spatial design, and live performance. My role focused on the creative technology and visual system: building generative visuals that could sit inside the performance without breaking the rhythm of the stage.
Credits
Playwright: Firuze Engin
Director: Güray Dinçol
Performers: Nihal Yalçın, Onur Berk Arslanoğlu
Creative Producer: Yağmur Dolkun
Stage & Production Design: Veli Kahraman
Immersive Art Directors: Lalin Akalan, Amir Ahmadoglu
Immersive Production: XTOPIA
Creative Technologist: Çağatay Güçlü
Music: Ahmet Kenan Bilgic
Visual Artists: Amir Ahmadoglu, Burak Dirgen, Çağatay Güçlü
Choreographer: Büşra Firidin
Costume Design: Candan Seda Balaban
Lighting Design: Cem Yılmazer
Sound Design: Turgut Mavuk
Makeup and Hair Design: Sezen Yeniçeri Can
Assistant Director: Aslı Ekici
Light Operator: Can Çelik
Sound Operator: Arın Kamiloğlu
Video Operator: Seda Yilmaz, Gökhan Gülçebi
Production Administrator: Eyüp Çelik
Director Assistant : Mislina Kurtuldu
Production Coordinator: Sevval Erdinç, Sıla Kenar
Stage Manager: Umut Rışvanlı
Stage Design Assistant: Lidya Delfin Eraslan
Costume Design Assistant: İsmet Efe Arslan
Visual Design: Ozge Guven
Photography: Murat Kahya
Stage Photography: Salih Üstündağ
Making off Documentary: Rıza Efe Reis, Efe Subaş
Co-Production: BKM, Institute of Time, Betaland Audiovisual, XTOPIA, Comfortnoise
