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Peninsulian,
2017
Site Specific installation (wood, glass, metal)
400 cm x 80 cm x 50 cm
“Peninsulian” is the identity of people who gave Istanbul its visuality. It belongs to the craftspeople and shopkeepers who live in Tahtakale ('wooden castle') neighbourhood. They moved to the historical peninsula a long time ago and grew there; their crafts and marketplace shaping its geography. This is now being destroyed by gentrification. All the objects for this installation were made by these craftspeople and the work is an ironic alternative to new Istanbul under construction.
Exhibited in “Syncronicity” exhibition, Meclisi Mebusan Caddesi 25 No, Ä°stanbul
Exhibited in MAC Belfast Ulster Bank International Art Prize, Belfast/ Northern Ireland
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Ömer Ozyürek Collection