Elvis in Istanbul

Dara Kılıçoğlu and Çağlar Kanzık’s piece in the Tershane group show, entitled “ELVIS.” The group show consisted of a number of approx 40cm square pressboard boxes that the artists decorated the interior of. Dara and Çağlar’s box was mirrored to provide an endlessly reflected view of a security camera with ELVIS emblazoned on the side. The camera was liberated from “watching” an ATM in Ankara a couple of years ago. The camera turned out to be an empty fake. The veneer of safety without any of the substance. The “ELVIS” piece is “…a critisim of Turkey’s politics against EU standarts and shifting socio-control process nationwide.” Dara’s blog post. On Düğümküme here and here in Turkish.