Garp Sessions: Documentation and Commissioned Works 2019-2022

Within the scope of SAHA Sustainability Fund 2023, SAHA provided publication support for Garp Sessions's book titled Garp Sessions: Documentation and Commissioned Works 2019-2022. The book aims to create an opportunity for dialogue between past participants as well as members of our extended Garp Sessions community.

Maury Vaughan & Melike Taşçıoğlu Vaughan – Labor of her hands Light of her eyes

Within the scope of SAHA Sustainability Fund 2023, SAHA provided publication support for Maury Vaughan and Melike Taşçıoğlu Vaughan's book titled Labor of her hands Light of her eyes. The exhibition with the same title accompanying the book was realized in the impressive setting of Dalyancı Mansion in Eldem Art Space. Unlike archaeology, which has a patient and methodological practice, Melike and Maury use a fragmented narrative to reconstruct the life of a mysterious woman through art, craft, biography and social commentary.

Nasan Tur – hunted

SAHA provided publication support for Nasan Tur’s book with the same title, prepared in the context of the exhibition hunted, which took place at Berlinische Galerie between May 26, 2023 - January 4, 2024. Nasan Tur deals with the political and social conditions of our time. His works are experimental arrangements that make ideologies, social norms and patterns of behavior visible and expand them with options for individual action. To do this, he examines statements, gestures and images that he finds in the media and in public space and condenses them into miniatures of current social crises and discourses. The focus is on the question of how given role models influence us and when we are ready to cross borders and actively change social patterns in the face of oppression, powerlessness and manipulation.

Argonotlar – Almanak 2022

SAHA provided publication support for the book titled Almanak 2022 by Argonotlar, an independent and polyphonic contemporary art publication that was founded in February 2020 and has been working since January 2021. The book is a compilation of articles published on their website throughout the year.

Alper Aydın – Fata Morgana

Alper Aydın's first solo exhibition Fata Morgana takes its name from a rare weather and sea phenomenon. This phenomenon occurs when air masses disperse vertically, creating an optical reflection between layers of air of different densities, appearing as an object or a collection of objects suspended on the horizon. The exhibition is curated as a post-apocalyptic reflection of images of extraordinary scenarios.

Fatma Bucak – While the Dust Quickly Falls

SAHA provided publication support for Fatma Bucak's book with the same title, prepared in the context of the exhibition While the Dust Quickly Falls, which took place at Kunsthaus Dresden between June 11 - October 2, 2022. The book While the Dust Quickly Falls considers the relationships between political violence, environmental destruction, and climate change. It moves across disparate geographies in Mediterranean cities connected by the catastrophic impact that conflict and war have had on their ecologies.

Gülsün Karamustafa – Parallel Lives, Parallel Aesthetics

SAHA has provided support for Gülsün Karamustafa’s exhibition and publication at Van Abbemuseum. Curated by Charles Esche, was held on 27 November 2021 – 13 March 2022, "Parallel Lives, Parallel Aesthetics" displayed a comprehensive retrospective spanning the life of León Ferrari, paired with a full overview of the work of Gülsün Karamustafa.

Leyla Gediz – Layer from Background

SAHA supports Leylâ Gediz's book, Layer From Background that accompanies her solo exhibition of the same title, which took place between April 2 and May 14, 2022 inside the EPUL building of Lisbon’s Martim Moniz square, hosted by Tecla PLAY Association. In the deserted courtyard of the 60-year-old building by Bartolomeu da Costa Cabral, which had lost its function as a passage ever since being closed to the public, Gediz presented the paintings she produced during the pandemic, whilst still a foreigner in Lisbon, for the first time. Her project was awarded the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The book, which is designed by Ana Luísa Bouza, goes beyond documenting the exhibition, it contains two original texts by Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu and Luíza Sol, and a full transcript of the conversation between the still-living architect Costa Cabral and Luísa Sol.

Ten Years Of Solidarity: SAHA

Aykan Safoğlu – I’ll be your mirror

SAHA provides publication support for Aykan Safoğlu’s solo show at Kunstverein Göttingen, held on 2021." I'll be your mirror" is an exhibition and publication project developed along with the artistic work as well as the life and migration story of the artist Aykan Safoğlu. In the project, curated by Vincent Schier together with the artist, Safoğlu's companions are brought into the center – thus creating a multi-voiced exhibition that tells stories about friendship, networks, activism, and migration and turns the solo show into a group project. 

Volkan Kızıltunç – Sonder

SAHA provided publication support for Volkan Kızıltunç's book titled "Sonder", which was prepared in the context of the exhibition Volkan Kızıltunç & August Sander - The Look, held at Haifa Art Museum between 10 February - 25 June 2022. Sonder tries to shed light on the gaps in memory revealed through photography. The book is a compilation of macro photographs of 8mm and super 8mm films shot in Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA, Italy, Israel and the UK in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Sena Başöz – Riverbed

SAHA provided publication support for Sena Başöz's book titled "Riverbed" a companion to her project titled Ars Oblivionis, which she realized in Lotsremark Projekte in 2020. Sena Başöz’s Riverbed builds on interviews she conducted with migrants and archivists in Basel. These conversations are set against a fictional end-of-the-world scenario inspired by current catastrophic trends. Using the river as a metaphor for memory in flux, she asks: “What would remain if the river Rhine stopped flowing? What would you want to keep?”

Necla Rüzgar – My Name Was Written On Every Page

The accompanying publication to Rüzgar ’s exhibition held in Grimmwelt Kassel with the same title. My Name Was Written On Every Page comprises a cross-section of highly expressive works consisting of paintings and drawings in which Rüzgar turns time and again to myths and legends to address the cultural and social conditions of being a woman in a misogynistic environment. Edited by Peter Stohler and Christina Soose, including Curator Kevser Güler’s text, the publication available in German, Turkish, and English.

Füsun Onur – Once Upon A Time…

SAHA provided publication support for the comprehensive monography accompanying Füsun Onur's installation Once Upon a Time, curated by Bige Örer, for the Pavilion of Turkey at the 59th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale. Co-edited by Bige Örer and Nilüfer Şaşmazer, the publication details almost all of her works, while it also includes twenty-six new essays by essential figures in the art world such as Anne Barlow, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Defne Ayas, İz Öztat, Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, Leyla Gediz and Iwona Blazwick.

Çınar Eslek – KRAASANAB

Within the scope of the SAHA Sustainability Fund: Covid-19, SAHA provided publication support for Çınar Eslek’s book, titled KRAASANAB. Designed as a photo novel, with Çınar Eslek’s illustrations and Yekhan Pınarlıgil’s words, it is a dream book “ between dream and nightmare, right in the middle of the battle between reverie and reality”. 

Erol Viron Vert – Family Matters

SAHA provided publication support for Erol Viron Vert’s new book titled Family Matters: Conversations About Old Spirits, the Question of Belonging, and Complementary Spaces.Edited by Kristina Kramer and Didem Yazıcı, the book documents the cross-section of Erol Iron Vert’s works that have been created between the metropolises of Berlin, Istanbul, and Athens.

Kerem Ozan Bayraktar – Spirits on the Ground

SAHA provided support for the accompanying publication by Kerem Ozan Bayraktar’s installation ‘‘Spirits on the Ground’’ realized at SAHA Studio and showed during the open studio days in March - December 2020 term. The book includes texts written by Yağız Özgen and Zeynep Sayın.

Elif Öner, Evrim Kavcar – A Dictionary for Sensitive Sounds

SAHA provided publication support to Elif Öner and Evrim Kavcar’s joint project. “A Dictionary of Sensitive Sounds”, a multiform, polyphonic, participatory project tracing the subjective, social and cultural layers of sound, by artists Elif Öner and Evrim Kavcar, is published through SAHA Sustainability Fund: Covid-19.

Nilbar Güreş – Sour as a Lemon

SAHA provided support for the publication produced in the context of Nilbar Güreş's solo exhibition "Sour as a Lemon" held at Kunsthaus Pasquart on April 17 - June 13, 2021. The publication, prepared in English, German and French, includes a text by Pierre Bal Blanc and a comprehensive interview with the artist.

Dilşad Aladağ, Eda Aslan – Bir Yerin İzinde Pek Çok Yer

SAHA provided publication support to Dilşad Aladağ and Eda Aslan's project "Unutma Bahçesi". The publication, titled Bir Yerin İzinde Pek Çok Yer, focuses on the Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden, which they visited during the "Unutma Bahçesi" project research, and consists of articles written on the relationship of space with stories and people.

de Appel – This may or may not be a true story or a lesson in resistance

SAHA had provided support for the participation of curator Naz Kocadere who was invited to de Appel 2019/2020 Curatorial Programme through an open call. The project was completed after a 10-month working process with a publication this year by 6 international participants, which was imagined as a printed exhibition instead of a physical exhibition due to the outbreak of covid-19. In the project curated by Thomas Butler, Sharmyn Cruz Rivera, Juan Fernando López, Iris Ferrer, Danai Giannoglou and Naz Kocadere, the works of the participant artists are presented as a limited edition publication under the title This may or may not be a true story or a lesson in resistance.

Nil Yalter – Exile is a Hard Job

SAHA provided publication support to Nil Yalter’s solo show “Exile is a Hard Job,” her first major retrospective, at Museum Ludwig, held between March 9 – June 2, 2019.

Banu Cennetoğlu

SAHA provided publication support for Banu Cennetoğlu’s exhibition at the Sculpture Center, the artist's first solo show in the United States, held between January 14 and March 25, 2019.

Borga Kantürk – Book of Short Distances

Borga Kantürk’s SAHA Studio project “Library of Short Distances” is accompanied by “Book of Short Distances,” which is a set of books in the form of three booklets that can be experienced in connection with each other or separately. 

Gülşah Mursaloğlu – Dear Laurie, Dear Gülşah

Gülşah Mursaloğlu's SAHA Studio project Dear Laurie, Dear Gülşah is a publication that brings together the correspondence between A. Laurie Palmer and Gülşah Mursaloğlu across distant geographies from April to September 2020.

Aslı Çavuşoğlu – The Place of Stone

SAHA provided support for publication which accompanies Aslı Çavuşoğlu’s exhibition “The Place of Stone”, held between 18 September 2018 – 13 January 2019 at New Museum. Çavuşoğlu’s exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue featuring contributions by New Museum Associate Curator Natalie Bell, artist Mariana Castillo Deball, anthropologist Michael Taussig, and independent curator and writer Amy Zion.

İnci Eviner – We, Elsewhere

SAHA provided production and publication support for İnci Eviner’s “We, Elsewhere,” held in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia between the dates 11 May–24 November 2019.

Fatma Bucak – I must say a word about fear

SAHA provided support for the production of Fatma Bucak’s new publication, “I must say a word about fear,” published on the occasion of the exhibition by the same name, held between 7 November 2014–12 January 2015 at Castello di Rivoli.

Ali Cabbar – ELDORADO: A Wor{l}d Game

SAHA provided supported for the publication for Ali Cabbar’s solo show at Galerija umjetnina Split, held between April 10 May 19, 2019.

Ali Taptık – Nothing Surprising

SAHA supported Ali Taptık's publication Nothing Surprising, published by Marraine Ginette Editions. The book is a result of a long-term project that was born after the financial crisis of 2008, presenting a set of photographs, texts, various documents including press and archives.

Barış Acar – Ekphrasis Triology

SAHA supported Barış Acar’s book titled Ekphrasis Triology, in collaboration with Neuer Wiener Diwan. Ekphrasis Triology is an attempt to keep an archive of contemporary art history of Turkey, investigating the local reflections of international debates on art theory.

Ahmet Doğu İpek – Days

SAHA supported the production of the new publication of Ahmet Doğu İpek, Days published on the occasion of the exhibition “Border of Time” held between 23 March–10 June 2018 at Neues Museum.

Seçil Yersel – The Rebirth of the Turkish Delight: Cool Istanbul

SAHA supported the artist Seçil Yersel’s new publication as part of the research based exhibition project “Call It Cool” held between 30 May–13 June 2014 at Platform Munich. 

İz Öztat – Conducted in depth and projected at length

SAHA provided support for a solo exhibition by Iz Otat and the publication that accompanied the exhibition. “Conducted in depth and projected at length” was at Heidelberger Kunstverein between 17 May and 3 August 2014.

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin – Facts, Incidents, Accidents, Circumstances, Situations

SAHA provided production support for “Facts, Incidents, Accidents, Circumstances, Situations,” a publication that accompanied Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin’s exhibition by the same name held at Museum Sztuki between 15 November 2013 - 16 February 2014.

Gülsün Karamustafa – Chronographia

SAHA provided support for the accompanying publication to Gülsün Karamustafa's exhibition, curated by Melanie Roumiguière, at Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, between 10 June - 23 October 2016. Published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst the monography also includes texts by Meltem Ahıska, Övül Durmuşoğlu, Marion von Osten and Mélanie Roumiguière along with Karamustafa's extensive oeuvre.

Nasan Tur – failed

SAHA provided support for artist Nasan Tur's new publication as part of his solo exhibition “Schichten” held at Kunstraum Innsbruck between 8 November 2014–17 January 2015.

Encounters in Critical and Contemporary Art 1990s to date: Turkey

SAHA provided support for the publication and an interdisciplinary online exhibition organized by Open Systems that focused on the trajectory of contemporary art in Turkey. The issue was co-edited by Merve Ünsal and Aslı Çetinkaya.

Füsun Onur – dOCUMENTA (13)

SAHA provided support for the new work by Füsun Onur for dOCUMENTA (13), that took place between 9 June and 16 September 2012 in Kassel. An artist’s book on Füsun Onur was also published as part of dOCUMENTA (13), with SAHA’s support.

User’s Manual 2.0: Contemporary Art in Turkey 1975–2015

Supported by SAHA, this publication addresses the significant trends, events, and discussions that left a mark on a period of 40 years of contemporary art in Turkey from different angles, making it the most comprehensive reference book on this period. User’s Manual 2.0 was edited by Halil Altındere ve Süreyya Evren.

Serkan Taycan – Tumulus

Serkan Taycan was invited to the Helsinki Photography Biennial that took place between 27 March–14 May 2014. SAHA provided support Tumulus, a publication he produced as part of the Biennial.

Do It – The Compendium Hans Ulrich Obrist

Hans Ulrich Obrist'in küratörlüğünü yaptığı Do It, 1993 yılında Paris'te sergi formatının nasıl daha esnek ve yoruma açık olabileceğini deneyen sanatçılar Christian Boltanski, Bertrand Lavier ve Obrist arasındaki konuşmalarla başladı.Independent Curators International (ICI)2013

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin – Facts, Incidents, Accidents, Circumstances, Situations

SAHA provided production support for the publication Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin. Facts, Incidents, Accidents, Circumstances, Situations.