Published on the occasion of Nilbar Güreş’s exhibition A Kiss on the Eyes, presented at the Türkiye Pavilion during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, this volume explores themes of the body, space, belonging, migration, and subtle transformation. Engaging with the new constellation of works conceived for this exhibition, as well as ongoing trajectories in Güreş’s practice, it offers nuanced perspectives on her evolving visual language. Texts by Başak Doğa Temür and Franz Thalmair are accompanied by poems selected for their resonance with the exhibition’s themes of displacement, memory, and plurality, opening up new dialogues and encounters.
Başak Doğa Temür
A Tender Resistance
Franz Thalmair
Dance The Limbo!: On the Artistic Practice of Ni̇lbar Güreş
Poems by
Margaret Atwood
Joy Harjo
Etel Adnan
Bejan Matur
Diya Ciwan
Sappho
Bi̇rhan Keski̇n
Audre Lorde
Jîla Huseynî
Avedig Isahakyan
Editor: Hazal Yonca Birincioğlu
Graphic Design: İpek Erdöl
Article Translations: Irazca Geray (Turkish-English); W H Y Society - Christine Schöffler & Peter Blakeney (German-English); Ogün Duman (German-Turkish)
Poetry Translations: Nuray Önoğlu (English-Turkish); Alâra Kuset (English-Turkish); Serhan Ada (French-English-Turkish, with contributions by Sarp Kaya); Özsu Riv (Turkish-English); Clémence Scalbert-Yücel & Rinat Harel (Kurdish-English); Mazlum Usun (Kurdish-Turkish); Cevat Çapan (English-Turkish); Murat Nemet-Nejat (Turkish-English); Gülkan ‘Noir’ (English-Turkish); Farangis Ghaderi (Kurdish-English); Ömer Bayraktar (Kurdish-Turkish); Aziz Gökdemir (Armenian-English, with contributions by Ohannes Şaşkal); Ohannes Şaşkal (Armenian-Turkish)
Proofreading Nihal Boztekin (Turkish); Feyzan Yaman (English)
Photographs: Hadiye Cangökçe, Reha Ercan, Marcos Gorgatti, Fatih Yılmaz
Printing and Binding: A4 Ofset
Language: Türkçe ve İngilizce
First Edition: 2026
Page Count: 160
Size: 19x26 cm
ISBN: 978-88-6749-750-8
Co-publisher and Distributor: Mousse Publishing
Available through moussemagazine.it