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SUMMARY:Archive Display #8: House of Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:For our eighth display from the Bonington Archive\, we are looking at an exhibition in our more recent history: House of Wisdom (September 27th – October 27th 2018). This exhibition was staged in the areas outside of the gallery and showcased hundreds of objects\, books\, articles\, research and furniture which looked into the political power of books and libraries over the past century. \n\n\n\nThe central focus of the cabinet  display is an A4 folio which contained over 100 newspaper articles around the closure of libraries\, censorship of texts\, new discoveries of ancient texts and political actions around libraries and freedom of speech. This is displayed alongside photo documentation\, the original exhibition text\, and a flyer listing the artists involved in the original project.  \n\n\n\nAs part of the original project\, there was a full public programme which took place across the city. All the recorded content from those talks\, film screenings\, and performances can be found by following this link \n\n\n\nArchive cabinet was curated by Alex Jovčić-Sas\, the original exhibition by Cüneyt Çakırlar \n\n\n\nPlease note\, this is an archive presentation of a historical exhibition which occurred in 2018. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			\n\n				\n					\n				\n				Installation view \n			\n				\n				Installation view \n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view \n			\n				\n				Installation view \n			\n				\n				Original research binder with newspaper articles around the exhibition themes  \n			\n				\n				Installation view \n			\n				\n				Original exhibition book\n			\n				\n				Detail from research folio \n			\n				\n				Detail from research folio \n			\n				\n				Book cases from the original exhibition\n			\n				\n				Book cases from the original exhibition\n			\n				\n				Book cases from the original exhibition\n			\n				\n				Book cases from the original 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been perceived as places where knowledge on life and space is organised\, read\, and interpreted\, yet at certain times\, their political significance are underestimated. Public libraries have been important symbols of political power and formation of cultural identity. They play a significant role in the political struggle for independence\, as centres of democratic ideals\, such as free access to cultural heritage and information. As public spaces\, they are essential for bringing people together to share information\, and they become even more important during times of collective resistance and protests for freedom. \n\n\n\nCurated by the Istanbul-based Collective Çukurcuma\, House of Wisdom explores the political power of books and libraries in our century\, and is presented as a travelling exhibition/library that explores the increasing levels of censorship on information and the current sociopolitical situation in and around Turkey. It started its journey in the non-profit art space\, Dzialdov\, Berlin. The show moved to Istanbul as part of the 15th Istanbul Biennial’s public program\, and then to the art space Framer Framed in Amsterdam\, as part of the Amsterdam Art Weekend 2017 programme. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition and public programme of events now reside in Nottingham\, with a panel discussion at Primary\, in June 2018\, followed by the exhibition here at Bonington Gallery and across the city\, see public programme events (curated by Cüneyt Çakırlar) below for full details. \n\n\n\nArtists include: Mohamed Abdelkarim\, Burak Arıkan\, Mahmoud Bakhshi\, Yael Bartana\, Mehtap Baydu\, Kürşat Bayhan\, Ruth Beale\, Ekin Bernay\, Burçak Bingöl\, Nicky Broekhuysen\, Hera Büyüktaşçıyan\, Cansu Çakar\, Ramesch Daha\, Işıl Eğrikavuk\, Didem Erk\, Foundland Collective\, Deniz Gül\, Beril Gür\, Lawrence Abu Hamdan\, İstanbul Queer Art Collective (Tuna Erdem and Seda Ergül)\, Ali Kazma\, Yazan Khalili\, Göksu Kunak\, Mona Kriegler\, Fehras Publishing Practices\, Elham Rokni\, Natascha Sadr Haghighian & Ashkan Sepahvand\, Sümer Sayın\, Erinç Seymen\, Bahia Shehab\, Walid Siti\, Ali Taptık\, Erdem Taşdelen\, Özge Topçu\, Viron Erol Vert\, Ali Yass\, Eşref Yıldırım\, Ala Younis \n\n\n\nCURATED BY COLLECTIVE ÇUKURCUMA \n\n\n\nHouse Of Wisdom was in collaboration with Queer Art Projects (London\, UK)\, Bonington Gallery\, Primary\, Bromley House Library\, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature\, and Five Leaves Bookshop.
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