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YUVA/HOME II
The second stop of the Home exhibition series, Yuva 2, took place at Eksibir, offering a deeper exploration of the concept of home as a collective narrative. The exhibition sought to suggest new ways of life by presenting critical representations of domestic and everyday behavior patterns, while fostering connections between diverse sources and perspectives.
"While many ossified passive structures are being addressed, the social expression of personal experiences and collective memory comes to the forefront."
Workshops: Settling in the Home
Before the exhibition and performances, Yuva 2 began with the workshop "Settling in the Home," led by Aylin Vartanyan, an esteemed academic from Boğaziçi University. During the workshop, participants examined the concept of home through expressive art methods. Using somatic dialogue, individuals shared their interpretations of home and collaboratively transformed their ideas onto canvas, creating a shared visual expression.Exhibition and Performances
The exhibition addressed themes of dynamics, occupations, operations, and destruction shaped by hegemonic power, framing them as integral parts of collective memory:"The dynamics, occupations, operations, and destruction shaped around the hegemonic power axis are the subject of the exhibition as an undeniable part of this memory."
- Live Performance & Experimental Film: Eylül Deniz gave a live performance accompanied by an experimental film screening.
- Jam Session: Visitors to the exhibition joined an impromptu jam session, creating a space for collective production where artists of diverse styles collaborated and produced together.
Open Lectures and Film Screening
Open lectures were given by Fikret Adaman, Bilal Yılmaz, and Eren Şenkardeş, exploring the themes of collective memory, power, and resistance. The program also featured the screening of Atlas, a documentary directed by Osman Baran Özdemir about the Boğaziçi Resistance.
Curatorial Approach
The curatorial vision of Yuva 2 prioritized witnessing and experiencing space through the lens of the home theme. It featured site-specific works that emphasized spatial relationships and a renewed understanding of trust, comfort, alienation, and togetherness.As an extension of this approach, the exhibition reflected on how the pandemic had disrupted the space-human relationship and reimagined these concepts in a way that promoted connection and shared experience.
photos by Sezin Mutlu & Idil_Ko