the collage of dealing with things that I can't change
07 Jun—22 June (16 dates)
Edinburgh & The Lothians Exhibition Film Screening
Event Summary
Amid the mounting ecological crises, I share a story from northern Istanbul, a region shaped by its fragile ecosystems and complex human-nonhuman relationships.
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Everyday, Saturdays & Sundays 11:00 - 18:00 Mondays - Fridays 11:00 - 18:00
Date(s)
07 Jun—22 June
Location
George Brown & Sons Engineering Works
Leith
Edinburgh
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In this venue, the exhibition will take place entirely on the ground floor.Organiser
Nilsu Altunok
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Hosted by George Brown & Sons warehouse in Leith Shore, Edinburgh, I will tell you a story from where I lived, northern Istanbul, where a massive mega-project—a new shipping canal set to parallel the Bosphorus waterway—is planned, and the giant Istanbul Airport and North Marmara Highway, which includes a new Bosphorus bridge and numerous arterial roads are constructed. These projects threaten to disrupt local communities, traditional water buffalo grazing lands, and fragile ecosystems and lead to the city's northward expansion.
»When I left home today, I saw a lot of earth-moving lorries.
And I counted, thirty-two...
Another day, thirteen.
Another one, twenty-four. «
This contribution is based on screening a 10-minute architectural essay film as part of Architecture Fringe 2025's exhibition in Shore, Leith, Edinburgh. There will be several opportunities for questions, expression of ideas and discussion during the exhibition, but two of these have been identified as the opening and closing screenings. During these, we will gather near the work to interact with each other and will be encouraged to share our thoughts.
Opening Screening will be on 7th June 2025, 12 (midday, GMT)
Closing Screening will be on 22nd June 2025, 12 (midday, GMT)
In addition to the in-person film screening in Edinburgh and discovering a reciprocal landscape exhausted by extraction activities, there will be online transdisciplinary, transmaterial, (re)worlding reading group gatherings. The online reading group will start with Critical Zones: The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth, edited by Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel. Prof. Dr. Ayşen Ciravoğlu will accompany the meetings as a guest moderator. To join our reading group, please send an email to n.altunok@sms.ed.ac.uk
Video
The architectural essay-film tries to decipher the entanglements between humans and non-humans in a specified territory.
