SİLİVRİ. Prison of Thought

Living in exile in Berlin, Dündar curates an abstracted, nearly true-to-scale reproduction of a cell in the largest journalist prison outside Istanbul – a room 3.94 meters long by 3.71 meters wide, cramped and hostile to life. The cell, designed by Shahrzad Rahmani as a free-standing, transparent object, references more than the individual fate of its occupant. In addition to well-known prisoners such as Ahman Altan, Osman Kavala, Peter Steudtner and Deniz Yücel, countless other intellectuals were, and are, held in cells of this kind. SİLİVRİ. prison of thought confronts visitors with a political reality in which journalists, artists and human rights activists are imprisoned for their work, their art, their words, their thoughts.

This installation will be on display at the Red City Hall from 1–8/October and will then be shown in Gorki Garden. 

Part of 7th Berliner Herbstsalon ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE

© IMA LI SNIJEGA?, Danica Dakić, 2024, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn