Children between ages of five to eighteen living in MArdin and producing analog photography get their star turn in Istanbul at Kalyon Kultur

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Children between the ages of ve to eighteen living
in Mardin and producing analog photography get
their star turn in Istanbul at Kalyon Kultur.
Her Yerde Sanat Dernegi (Art Anywhere Association
(https://www.heryerdesanat.org/)) was set up in 2012
to o er kids from varied backgrounds ––Turkish,
Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and refugee children–– an
artistic meeting platform.
According to the Sabanci Foundation which selected
them in 2018 to their Changemakers programme
(https://www.sabancivak .org/en/social-change/art-
anywhere-association), it was founded in 2012 by Pınar
Demiral and her friends, including Serdal Adam.
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2. Mardin kids pose for a photograph with their analog cameras.
(Courtesy of Serbest Salih)
Serbest Salih, 27, is a Syrian photographer who
attended Aleppo University between 2012 and 2014.
Because of the war in his homeland, he sought refuge
in Turkey and has been in the country for about six
years, having made Mardin his home.
According to Salih, “the association aims to make the
lives of children and youth in the area more beautiful
and more meaningful by taking the peaceful,
harmonious, happy and open minded nature of
childhood.”
Moreover, the association “tries to reduce the e ects
of ghting, war and poverty on children and o ers
them social support by arranging activities.” These
activities are carried out via three entities: Sirkhane
(the circus school), Muzikhane (the music school) and
Darkroom (the photography school).
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3. Mardin kids learn how to develop their own black and white lm in
the darkroom. (Courtesy of Serbest Salih)
Serbest Salih is the director of the Darkroom
(https://www.heryerdesanat.org/darkroom). The
Darkroom, once set up in the Istasyon neighbourhood
in Mardin is now a travelling photo workshop.
Sixty children who have attended workshops of the
Darkroom are now participating in a group show called
‘Bir de Buradan Bak’ (Look at it This Way, an invitation to
adults to see things from a child’s perspective). The
exhibition will run through January 3, 2020 at Kalyon
Kultur (https://www.kalyonkultur.org/bir-de-buradan-
bak/) in Nisantasi. It can be visited every day except
Monday from 11 am to 9 pm.
Alin, 9, from Mardin, has taken this analog photo. (Courtesy of
Serbest Salih)
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4. The exhibition is curated by Sezgi Abali and Sinan Eren
Erk. Talking to TRT World, Abali says the pre-selection
for the show was made by the children, and that they
received fewer than 200 photos.
Abali and Erk reduced the number to around 100
photos, and divided the photos into four categories:
Home, Stranger, Together, and Amidst. “We didn’t do
the hierarchical curatorial discourse; we allowed the
photos to ask questions as the children tried to make
sense of the world around them.”
Sevin, 14, from al Darbasiyah, Syria, has taken this black & white
photo in Mardin. (Courtesy of Serbest Salih)
“We achieve being in the moment best when we are
children, without travelling into the past or future,” the
curators say in a written statement. “In this magical
frame dreams and reality can easily come together.
The memory of a childhood toy, a song we’ve heard
when we were little, a moment of re ection in the
mirror, and maybe a patchwork of moments like a
dream whose beginning and end we can’t remember all
become equals on paper and take on di erent
meanings for each of us. They are amidst crowds but
are unique.”
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