Ekin Can Göksoy – “Landscapes of Erasure” Lecture Performance

October 3, 16:00 | October 23, 19:00, 2026

Does Heat Make Us Forget?

A Line of Reasoning on Global Warming and Collective Memory

Lecture/Performance: Ekin Can Göksoy

Performance team: Ece Gültekin, Emel Çetin, Emre Günsal, Yiğit Şahin

As part of the exhibition Landscapes of Erasure, on view at Depo until November 21, urban historian and writer Ekin Can Göksoy will present a lecture-performance exploring the relationship between the climate crisis and collective memory.

Landscapes of Erasure examines the cultural, ecological, and social destruction caused by the late-Ottoman processes of modernization and centralization -which were systematically continued by the state during the Republican era- through works by artists carrying out research in various regions of Turkey. poşe’s final exhibition as an initiative, it marks the first time this group of artists -whose practices all engage collective memory and reckoning- has shared space, despite the increasingly repressive conditions of our present moment.

The event will be held in Turkish and registration is not required.

For more detailed information:
Landscapes of Erasure

Ekin Can Göksoy – “Landscapes of Erasure” Lecture Performance

Performance

October 3, 16:00 | October 23, 19:00, 2026

Bold black dripping text on the white background

Does Heat Make Us Forget?

A Line of Reasoning on Global Warming and Collective Memory

Lecture/Performance: Ekin Can Göksoy

Performance team: Ece Gültekin, Emel Çetin, Emre Günsal, Yiğit Şahin

As part of the exhibition Landscapes of Erasure, on view at Depo until November 21, urban historian and writer Ekin Can Göksoy will present a lecture-performance exploring the relationship between the climate crisis and collective memory.

Landscapes of Erasure examines the cultural, ecological, and social destruction caused by the late-Ottoman processes of modernization and centralization -which were systematically continued by the state during the Republican era- through works by artists carrying out research in various regions of Turkey. poşe’s final exhibition as an initiative, it marks the first time this group of artists -whose practices all engage collective memory and reckoning- has shared space, despite the increasingly repressive conditions of our present moment.

The event will be held in Turkish and registration is not required.

For more detailed information:
Landscapes of Erasure

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