ipek burçak ↩️ In Berlin Nichts Neues Installation and (Forthcoming) Book, 2025
In Berlin Nichts Neues Nothing New in Berlin, consists of a public space installation at the U-bahn station Bülowstraße in Berlin and a forthcoming book. The work is a study on the independent magazines from the 1990s published by Turkish and Kurdish migrant groups in Berlin, as a response to the political climate of rising fascism, capitalism and racism in the aftermath of the collapse of GDR. While reading the histories of anti-racist, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist printmaking, the work highlights the similarities of texts, incidents, political actors and the state repression from the 90s with today.
Poster
Graphic design: Ada Karayel. Styling: Arman Avetikyan. Photographer: Miji Ih. Location: Riso Studio Paraiso.
Many thanks to Ezgi, Anna, Eren, Serhat.
The forthcoming book is a collaboration project between İpek Burçak and Carlos Kong. It includes examples and excerpts of the magazines from the 90s that are published by mostly Turkish and Kurdish migrant groups selected by Ipek Burçak and an essay reflecting the archival foundings from a broader perspective by Carlos Kong.
Published by Well Gedacht Publishing, 2025.
