LOVEBOOK&LOVEGAME

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LoveBook
120 cases of domestic violence committed in the USA and Turkey during 1998-2001 are exhibited in rows of cubicles where viewers can read stories of violation of love and trust against wives, husbands, lovers and children. The room suggests a place of confession and interrogation.

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LoveBook 1998-2001
book art and stand/table steel, 51 plates
92 x 65.4 x 40.5 cm
Arter Museum Collection

LoveGame
In an abandoned casino glittering in its lost glamor viewers are invited to play a game of roulette by betting on the eyes of criminals of domestic violence and spinning the wheel. The player partakes in determining the fate of the victim whose headshot is inside the wheel. LoveGame aims to understand and question the limits of stigmatizing criminal and victimized personalities.

Details

LoveGame 1998-2001
roulette table
wood, metal, paper, paint, plastic
207 x 130.2 x 74.9 cm
Private Collection

installation view Salt Beyoğlu, İstanbul, 2021-22 (Photograph by Kayhan Kaygusuz)

installation view detail, Dream and Reality, İstanbul Modern, 2011

installation view, Stephan Gang Gallery, New York, 2001

installation view detail

installation view detail

installation view detail

SALT Beyoğlu, İstanbul 2021-22 (Photograph by Kayhan Kaygusuz)

SALT Beyoğlu, İstanbul 2021-22 (Photograph by Kayhan Kaygusuz)

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Kunstraum Keuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, 2022

roulette table detail

roulette table detail

roulette table detail

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