The Garden of (not) Forgetting
Artistic research / İstanbul, Frankfurt, Münster / Depo İstanbul / with Eda Aslan
Artistic research / İstanbul, Frankfurt, Münster / Depo İstanbul / with Eda Aslan
Unutma Bahçesi; The Garden of (not) Forgetting focus on the destructive nature of forced movements and transformations and the traces of memory left by them. The project asks in the face of possible move and destruction of the only Botanical Garden of Istanbul University due to authorities decision: “Is it possible to record a place, to keep its memory alive, to make space for the garden in urban memory?”. The project, which was initially centred around the Istanbul University Institute of Botanics, Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden and the plant life established here; gained new layers as it extended its focus to the archives, and the stories of the garden’s Jewish German founders s who were in exile in Turkey during WWII.
Exhibited at
DEPO, Istanbul, 14.04-06.06. 2021
Jewish Museum of Franconia, 14.07-26.02. 2022
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Exhibition support: Arda Aslan, Rana İncesoy