Harun Güler and Bendik Giske explore masculinity and sensual connotations in Turkish oil wrestling

How masculinity is defined has transmuted drastically through history and in todays global landscape, gender roles and their associations adopt vastly different forms between social and geographical contexts. In experimental short film RUSH, Berlinbased director and photographer Harun Güler lenses a slow motion meditation on Turkish oil wrestling a national sport traced back to the early Ottoman empire, with victory symbolizing strength, bravery and more at Subscribe to NOWNESS here: Like NOWNESS on Facebook: Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: Behind the scenes on Instagram: Staff Picks on Vimeo: