Red Thread Issue 6 aims to expand on the discussion initiated with the Thorn Shelter exhibition held at Depo on the 60th anniversary of the bilateral Recruitment Agreement between Turkey and Germany.

We strongly reject the aggravated life sentence handed down by the court against Osman Kavala, the founder and Chair of the Executive Board of Anadolu Kültür, following his unlawful detention of over four and a half years, as well as 18-year-prison sentences and arrest orders issued against ex- and current members of Anadolu Kültür’s Executive…

2023 – 2024 From 82 applications to this year’s Berlin Senate Residency Program, which promotes cultural exchange and supports the artistic development of professional artists as a component of the active sister city relations between Berlin and Istanbul, the selecting jury from Istanbul (Ceren Erdem, Kristina Kramer, Marina Papazyan, Mert Sarısu, and Zeyno Pekünlü) has…

March – May 2023 Anna Bromley ANNA BROMLEY is an artist, radio producer, and writer that got her start in the DDR. Her installations, re-enactments, and sonic projects have been recently commissioned by international venues and festivals such as the documenta14, and the Manifesta 14, the German Pavilion at the 23rd Milan Triennale, and beuys2021|…

We were equally shocked and saddened to learn about the detention of our chairman and colleague, Osman Kavala. We are still trying to process the news of his arrest and what that means for our community and what it says about the current environment in which we must operate. In all of our collaborations and…