A special offer for Köken Ergun’s Young Turks

Date

3 MARCH 2016

Two more reasons to visit Garage Museum of Contemporary Art with your friends and loved ones.

From March 5–15, 2016 visitors to Garage can enjoy spring’s first special offer, for Köken Ergun’s Young Turks. Just buy one ticket and get the second one free!

Comprising a two-channel video and immersive installation, the exhibition explores the impact of Turkish international schools in more than 100 countries around the world.

Using an intimate documentary style, Ergun shot footage during his research in Turkey, Kenya, and Indonesia, focusing on the Turkish Olympics, organized annually through the network of schools. Following the preparations of the students to participate in Turkish folklore, poetry, and song competitions, Ergun’s film also captures the final event in Turkey. This includes a fairground with country stands, which is reminiscent of a World’s Fair in its scope and exoticism for local visitors, who are equally intrigued at seeing the international students speaking Turkish fluently.

Continuing Ergun’s long-term focus on communities that are not known to a greater public and the importance of ritual in such groups, Young Turks is a research project that prioritizes individual stories—via interviews conducted with students, teachers, and other members of the community—to explore how the role of education impacts both neocolonialist and intercultural dialogues.

We look forward to seeing you at Garage!

Tickets are available at the Museum.

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