Sandstorm - And Then There Was Dust
The interdisciplinary art project SANDSTORM-And Then There Was DUST is a project to find creative solutions to the challenge of sandstorms. The project examines the origins and consequences of sandstorms in the former Mesopotamia region and its offshoots (Iran, Iraq, Turkey) with a mixture of artistic and scientific means and thus aims at reaching and sensitizing the civilian population.
Artists: birbuçuk collective, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar, Sinem Dişli, Negar Farajiani, Ayat Najafi, Mahmoud Obaidi, Tehran Platform (Mehran Davari, Niloofar Najafi, Elmira Shirvani)
Exhibition 1: Depo, Istanbul, 17.09.2020 - 08.11.2020
Exhibition 2: Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, 03.09.2021 - 14.11.2021
This project is a production by Arta Atelier, Berlin (Sarah Maske and Ayat Najafi) in cooperation with Depo, Istanbul and was funded and supported by: Kulturakademie Tarabya, Prince Claus Fund and Goethe Institut, with kind contributions by Goethe-Institut Istanbul, Kültür için Alan – Spaces of Culture, SAHA – Supporting Contemporary Art From Turkey, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, ifa - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, smava GmbH