Poşe will host the exhibition ”A Mountain As Many” by Ece Gökalp from Saturday 2 June through Sunday 22 July. For more information, check out the official page.
From the organizer:
A Mountain As Many is a research project on Mount Ağrı and its spectators. It focuses on the ways in which the mountain has been constructed through stories, myths and things that have happened around or on the mountain itself over the centuries, the combination of which has lead to its monumentalization and personification.
The mountain has many names: Ağrı Dağı in Turkish, which translates to Mount Pain; Çiyayê Agirî in Kurdish, which means Fiery Mountain; Ararat, which comes from the resting place of Noah’s Ark, Mount Ararat, as mentioned in the Book of Genesis; Masis in Armenian, as the symbol of the Great Disaster as well as the symbol of lost homeland, for Masis is believed to be the place where the first Armenian nation was established by its founding father Hayk, Noah’s son.
Besides the etymologies of the mountain’s many names, the mountain itself embraces multiple layers of meanings as well as contradictions, ideas of yearning, conflict, and also hope. It is a strong symbol of identity building; its image serves as an emotional reminder of both what is lost and can never be lost. Associated with the past and the future, it is represented in various commodity forms. The image of the mountain is on paintings, key chains, logos and passport stamps.
As a research project A Mountain As Many is an attempt in archiving the contemporary and historical meanings of Mount Ağrı. It utilizes photographic documentation, interviews, literary research and observation. The exhibition at poşe takes the project one step further. Via a program-ming that consists of a roundtable and a reading group, poşe aims to open up a discussion on the themes of spectatorship, geopolitics, imagined geographies, and the ways in which we perceive monumental landscapes through photography. This project has initially been conceived as Ece Gökalp’s master’s thesis project at UdK Berlin’s Art in Context department; therefore, her theoretical research plays a central role in the planned events.
Opening Date: 16.00 -19.00 // 2 June 2018
Artist Talk: 17.00 // 2 June 2018
Exhibition Dates: 2 June – 22 July 2018
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For more information, visit the official exhibition page.
Tuesday – Sunday: 12:00 – 19:00
E-mail: pose.hello@gmail.com
Address: Caferağa Mahallesi, Rızapaşa Sokak No: 2/1, Moda
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