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Opening hours: Wed-Fr 11 am – 6 pm as well as by appointment
BRANCH OF EDITION BLOCK:
KIF – KUNST IM FENSTER (art in the window)
Schaperstr. 11
10719 Berlin
WINDOW EXHIBITION:
Mehtap Baydu
Mitgift
Dowry
Çeyiz
16.9. – 14.11.2024
The dowry, a tradition that dates back to ancient times, describes the handcrafted and valuable items, such as sewing and knitting, that are often prepared for a woman by her parents during her childhood. The items are the embodied evidence of the social roles considered appropriate for a young girl in the future. The prepared lace symbolise a close family bond as well as separation and detachment. At the same time, the semi-transparent covers conceal the memories, the reality of one's own time and the hope of an uncertain future. I cover my body with the dowry lace that my mother prepared for me.
(Mehtap Baydu)
Continuing in the venue of Edition Block at Prager Str. 5:
Nothing but editions ...
Until 9.11.2024
Rosa Barba, Mehtap Baydu, Joseph Beuys, KP Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Sunah Choi, Ayşe Erkmen, Ceal Floyer, Richard Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, KH Hödicke, Šejla Kamerić, Gülsün Karamustafa, Jarosław Kozłowski, Alicja Kwade, Inge Mahn, Olaf Metzel, Christine Moldrickx, Navid Nuur, Ebru Özseçen, Nasan Tur, Mariana Vassileva, Wolf Vostell
Graphic Design: Slawek Michalt. Programming: Richard Putz.
June 2014