2005 | Fokus Istanbul

Made in Turkey II
Prints, Wool
280 cm x 345 cm

In Silvina's Der-Meguerditchian's crochet collages the memory of the expulsion and massacre of the Armenians becomes the objects of artistic debate. The tapestry Made in Turkey II draws up an imaginary map of Istanbul. A satellite picture of Istanbul today is used, but is incomplet: the cityscape is has empty spaces which appear as ornamental elements due to the artistic crochet technique. Around the tapestry, documentary photographs shows scens from Armenian everyday life in the streets and squares from Istanbul at the beginning of the 20th century. Between pictures laminated in individual feelds, the artis has placed a repetitive decorative element of harrowing symbolisme: a satandard pencil rubber- with the inscription "made in Turkey".

Barbara Höffer