At our 558th Art Gathering, we are visiting the “Barı-n/m-ak” exhibition at the Historical Museum Gazhane.
The social responsibility project “Barı-n/m-ak,” which I curated, brings together contemporary art practices and animal rights advocacy. The exhibition title, created through a typographic intervention, simultaneously questions the concepts of “shelter” and “to shelter,” inviting the viewer to reflect on co-existence in the city, the right to shelter, and interspecies solidarity. The hyphens and spacing in the word disrupt its structure, raising questions such as: What is the right to shelter? Who can find shelter in the city, and who cannot? Is a shelter for animals a refuge or a place of isolation? How are living spaces created or closed by human hands shaped? Missing or extra letters allude to the animals' homes waiting to be completed and humanity's responsibility to complete this deficiency.
As part of the project, some artists have created new works specifically for the exhibition theme, while others are participating with their existing works. At the end of the exhibition, the artists will, on their own initiative, present their works to collectors, and the support obtained from these presentations will be used to directly procure materials from the urgent needs lists of Beşiktaş Municipality Shelters and Angels Farm.
The participating artists include Özge Akdeniz, Ozan Atalan, Vahap Avşar, Melis Baçaru, Beyza Boynudelik, Cins, Yağmur Çalış, Bekir Dindar, Alea Pınar Du Pre, Çağdaş Erçelik, Arzu Ertekin, Güler Güçlü, Osman Gültepe, Seydi Murat Koç, Mehmet Sinan Kuran, Burak Kutlay, Gönül Nuhoğlu, Tuğba Öztopçu, Lebriz Rona, Ezgi Sandıkçı, Gonca Sezer, Nilüfer Şatana, Erkut Terliksiz, Cansu Yıldıran, Çiğdem Yıldırım, İpek Yücesoy, and Baysan Yüksel.
Tomorrow, at our meeting, we will be joined by the exhibition's curator and artists Çiğdem Yıldırım, Beyza Boynudelik, Tuğba Öztopçu, Gönül Nuhoğlu, and our member and the creator of the exhibition, Melis Baçaru. We look forward to seeing you and your furry friends.
Wednesday, June 3rd
12:00-13:00
Address: İBB Museum Gazhane, Hasanpaşa, Kurbağalıdere Caddesi No:125, Kadıköy
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