For research purposes

middlesavagery:

somethingturkish:

via romyane:

- Installation for the 8th International Istanbul Biennial, 2003. 
1,600 wooden chairs stacked precariously in the space between two buildings.

its amazing!

artist: doris salcedo.

i was just reminiscing about going to this year’s biennial (the 11th) with my friend/field informant during a skype chat 2 nights ago. he had used his considerable charms to score passes from a visitor who was leaving turkey before the last day, so we managed to slip in there for free on the last afternoon. aren’t we clever…