Eskişehir
HubThe Corona Monument

Phase 1

Monuments are mostly designed and used as top-down ideological tools, mostly nationalistic, patriotic, and heroic. Collective experiences are depicted in a distorted way, since the enunciator of it tends to create a biased representation. The individuals in the collective experience do not generally participate in the representation phase, and they are expected solely to be affected by the representation. 

The hub designed an online, participatory project; a public monument of the recent pandemic and isolation. Starting from a closer network (universities, art institutions, organisations, etc.) and reaching to the general public in Eskişehir, they made an open call: The participants contributed to an inventory of objects charged with strong personal meanings during the pandemic. The inventory also included the personal stories of each object. The hub held two meetings prior to the compilation of online inventory: The participants attended a seminar on participatory public design, and a meeting for technical details of the compilation. The outcome is an online catalogue of photographs, memories and records of meaningful objects.

Phase 2

B.R.A.W.E. – Be a Revolutionary Artist for Women Equity / Emancipation / Equality / Empowerment

in collaboration with Budapest Hub

Who are B.R.A.W.E. people? B.R.A.W.E. artists are young women who use their voices to recreate the historical meaning of gender and have the willingness to explore the everchanging, multifaceted, gender-fluid nature of contemporary feminist issues.

Hungary and Turkey are countries both suffering from ruling authoritarian patriarchal regimes built on the misuse of the concept of conservative values. This hegemonic masculinity which motives decision makers and their policies increases violence against women instead of preventing it, threatens the existence of women in both public and private spheres, and thus hinders their way to self-realization. B.R.A.W.E aims to provide young artists with resilient tools and arguments to transparently assess the inconsistent situations they are in and to express the inequality and injustices they are exposed to individually or socially.

B.R.A.W.E.’s programme includes regional and international labs/workshops on relevant issues within cross-disciplinary practices led by researchers and artists; exhibitions, guerilla acts and performative events as well as accompanying local events such as screenings, discussions and parties.