Kunsthalle Exnergasse Archive

This event is dedicated to the people whose villages in Kurdistan disappeared, were burned down, or forcibly evacuated in the 1990s. In this context, we want to give space to their voices-each person tells his or her own story.

Lecture by Yektan Türkyilmaz and Dengbêj

Mehmet Emir presents his book “Fotografien aus Zımeq. Mein kurdisches Dorf in Dersim, 1983–2019”, with musical accompaniment by Hakan Gürses and Sakina Teyna.

Kurdish fairy tales read on Kurmancî, Soranî, Zaza and German with Ali Mazoodji, Eren Kilic, Ordikhan Jalil and Gülçin Kilic.

Presentation of scientific theses

Halgurd Ahmed, Melis Kaya, Rojda Tuğrul and Niga Salam talk about their work.

Exhibition opening with the presence of Halgurd Ahmend, Songül Boyraz, DARO, Ezgi Erol, Thomas Freiler, Lisl Ponger, Niga Salam, Rojda Tuğrul. Muic and buffet.

For the finissage of Holding Space, the curators invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition. This will be followed by a film screening and discussion (tba) and a concluding performance by Eva Koťátková.