Twice A Stranger (2010)
Twice A Stranger aims to shed a light on the ongoing global phenomena of mass immigration while recognizes, celebrates and affirms different cultural identities and values within our society in order to promote co-existence between equal individuals.
There are 10 of us and we are all living in countries other than the ones we were born in. We wish to explore the theme of “The Other”, a subject pertinent to each of our identities. This is a work in progress.
The name Twice A Stranger is from a poem written by Professor Ayşe Lahur Kırtunç. Below is the Turkish version of this poem.
İki Kere Yabancı
Geç kaldık anıları kaybetmeye
o ilk malzeme yitti gitti
ilk mübadiller götürdüler anılarını
oysa onlar hemen kaydedilmeliydi
üzerinden seksen yıl geçtikten sonra
ani savaşları
her türlü manipulasyona açık
Mübadeleyle ilgili her metnin özü aynı:
“Yerinde doğup yabanda kocamak”
iki yerde de yabancı olmak.
Ayşe Lahur Kırtunç
Artists: Kader Attia, Jan Christensen, Nilbar Güreş, Devrim Kadirbeyoğlu, Katja Loher, Rocio Rodriguez Salceda, Tunç Topçuoğlu, Gabriela Vainsencher, Alex Waldman, Theodoros Zafeiropoulos
Coordinator: Devrim Kadirbeyoğlu