29.09.2021 - 15.10.2021  

THE PATH

A participatory public art project

Waves of migration, gentrification and rapid urban transformation - can the metropolis hold us back? What if the paths we walk every day start nowhere and lead nowhere? Is what we experience a coexistence or an otherness with potential? What are the results, alternatives, solutions and what role can art play in this process?

 

The interdisciplinary art project THE PATH addressed these questions. The project, which problematizes the relationship between the metropolis and the individual from queer and feminist perspectives, offered the participants an extensive supporting program that included a public art installation on Tempelhofer Feld, an exhibition in Oyoun and a series of events at and between the two locations.

The project “The Path” aims at a platform of solidarity, exchange and urban artistic rethinking. From September 29th to October 15th, a publicly corresponding experience space was created that actively involved various communities in the neighborhood. We are very happy to have been part of this project!

 

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“The Path” is an autobiographical reflection of artist Umut Azad Akkel's experiences over the years in Istanbul. The existential struggle he experienced led him to the metaphor of 'The Path', which 'starts from nowhere and leads to nowhere'. With the project, Akkel conceptualized his critical examination of the city by looking from Berlin to Istanbul. The two cities are closely linked throughout history through three major migration movements. The latter, the so-called New Wave, includes many young people, especially queer people, who came to Berlin from Istanbul because of the political situation in Turkey.

 

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