Crystal & flame

Crystal & Flame is a three-screen video installation by artist Ergin Cavusolgu. It comprises three sets of imagery: the flame grill at a Turkish café; a gem-cutter handling precious stones; and a group of actors rehearsing in a theatre space. Shot on location across London, it continues a long line of videos by the artist in which everyday rituals or actions are prefigured by motifs from well-known literary sources.
(from gallery website)

Also shown as the final exhibition at Bankside’s Pop-up Space in 2010. The work, commissioned by local organisation Film and Television Umbrella is presented as part of the Free to Air 2010, an ongoing project, funded by London Councils, which looks each year at the four fundamental freedoms: freedom of expression, freedom from want, freedom of religion and freedom from fear.