museum of small things
A video installation by Can Dündar Concept and direction Hakan Savaş Mican Texts Can Dündar Scenography Shahrzad Rahmani Dramaturgy Valerie Göhring, Yunus Ersoy Camera Sebastian Lempe
Photo: Ute Langkafel
The museum of small things by Can Dündar and Hakan Savaş Mican tells the stories of political prisoners in Turkey with everyday objects – most of these objects come from the »world’s largest prison for journalists«, Silivri prison, where Can Dündar was imprisoned as well. The seemingly little things from the daily lives of 12 prisoners – a song hummed over the telephone, a letter in a bottle, or an undershirt used as a screen – serve as the starting point for actors Sesede Terziyan and Taner Şahintürk to invoke something much larger: Thoughts cannot be locked away. Or as Ahmet Altan wrote: »They can walk through walls, effortlessly.« The journalist Can Dündar collected the stories of Osman Kavala, Selahattin Demirtaş or Deniz Yücel and many more, who were or are currently in prison in Turkey, writing them down in order to underline their creativity and strength in situations that appear hopeless. By telling their stories he alludes to the situation of all political prisoners in Turkey who have been and will be imprisoned unjustly.
Photo: Ute Langkafel
»You will all see, once again, that no ban, no repression, no isolation will ever be capable of limiting a thinking mind.« (Can Dündar)
The stories were written down and curated by journalist Can Dündar, the video-installation museum of small things was directed by Hakan Savaş Mican.
Photo: Ute Langkafel
Photo: Ute Langkafel
»Undoing prison | Panel with Zehra Doğan, Can Dündar and Aslı Erdoğan« via YouTube