ceren oykut

Featuring;
Thomas Andersson, Meriç Algün, Jonathan Bergsborn, Mike Bode, Adem Björn Ergül, Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Aslı Erdoğan, Kaya Genç, Klas Grinell, Olof Helio, Ülkü Holago, Patrik Hällzon, Ann Ighe, Sara Meidell, Klara Meijer, Fredrik Nyberg, Selçuk Orhan, Ceren Oykut, Hans Rosenstörm, Burcu Şahin, Helin Şahin, Lotta Magnusson Nyberg , Simon Sorgenfrei. 

Criticism editor: Joel Kellgren. 
Cover: Johan Ahlbäck 
From: Ceren Oykut

“Despite everything, Istanbul is an organic city that grows by layering. The texture of the city is created moment by moment by living things and moving objects, big and small stories appear, disappear, transform before our eyes. Until recently, peddlers’ PVC coating machines were wandering in Karaköy, the center of the small economy. A woman’s voice emanating from the weak speakers of these machines would make the following announcement that has stuck in my mind: “Cover your ID cards, bus cards, photos with PVC”. The reason I intended to work with pvc material, which is sold in a small shop selling office supplies, was because of the peddlers. Carta Poli is a mapping experimet, it tries to create the layered, chaotic panorama of Istanbul with pvc. It is homage to the metropolis of meaninglessness and transience by glorifying the vanishing small economy, frayed identities, and all the little creatures that made Istanbul a giant.” Ceren Oykut, Berlin, August 2023