What if spaces were not meant to be fixed or redefined, but instead a new spatial concept could be built — a new mindspace? The spaces we inhabit are already constructed, shaping presence and marking territories embedded in the mind.

«Fourth Eye, 4:40 AM» takes place at the dawn of the mind. States of being navigate the threshold between the constructed and the instinctive. The narration unfolds in variation—fragmented, diffracted, shifting across internal registers. It reveals a spectrum of selves within the individual: selves that move, hesitate, reassemble. Here, narration dissolves and reconfigures, opening new possibilities for existential and political exposure.

The piece engages with the idea of space as a questioning of the self through a method of diffraction, rather than reflection. Ceylan Öztrük expands disorientation as a narrative instrument, sculpting the theatre space as a moment that reveals the internal performance of selves.

Gessnerallee, Zürich 11,13,14,15.09.25
Sophiensaele, Berlin 19,20.09.25

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Direction, Stage design, Video, Performance: Ceylan Öztrük
Performance: Julia Plawgo
Dramaturgy Support: Isabel Schwenk
Assistance: Lena Pfäffli
Garments Creative Direction: Laura Beham, Prototypes
Technical Direction, Video: Demian Jakob
Video Assistance: Pius Bacher
Technical advice: Ralph Meier (AVMS Schweiz AG)
Sounddesign and Music: Berk Çakmakçı, Thilda Bourqui
Couture: Etienne Nicca
Production: Laeticia Blättler (Moin Moin Productions)
Production assistance: Eva Cabañas(artFAQ)
Advice Relaxed Performance: Swassthi Sarma

In Coproduction with: Gessnerallee Zürich, Sophiensaele Berlin

Supported by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim-Stiftung

Pictures by Binta Kopp & Flavio Karrer