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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 Turkish and English

First Edition 2026

Page Count 160

Size 19x26 cm

ISBN 978-88-6749-750-8

Co-Publishers Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and Mousse Publishing

International sales: https://www.moussemagazine.it/

Istanbul sales: Minoa online store and Minoa Pera, Akaretler, Alkent, Maslak, Nişantaşı, Kozyatağı City’s and Bağdat Avenue stores