Razzien im Morgengrauen / Dawn raids...Being explicit is like fire that dissolves all magic... Being a subject of a police raid -for no particular reason- at dawn is common among people who may be considered a threat to the regime in power as Status quo in Turkey. Dawn raids are not only for humiliation but also to give a fear to others who may commit the similar reactions and utterances against the power.

A cigarette paper is called "çarsaf," which is synonymous with "bedsheet." But there is no word for the feeling of being flammable when sleep is scarce; we need the help of poetry, perhaps even a poetry of objects.

medium: Cigarette paper, human saliva

MOM art space Valentinskamp 34a, Hamburg
01.05.-10.05.2025

 
 
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