Aslı Çavuşoğlu’s Everything Interesting Takes Place in the Dark is open at Galeri Nev from 7 February 2020 to 7 March 2020. The exhibition launches ‘Annex’, a font conceived by the artist and designed by Özer Yalçınkaya. On a formal level “Annex” finds its inspiration, and shape from a socio-political phenomenon Çavuşoğlu has been documenting across Istanbul for over a decade: graffiti and counter-graffiti.
The audience is teased with the idea that Istanbul is littered with several armies of the night comprised of hidden authors who write, and rewrite, the city’s political unconscious under the cloak of darkness so that their deeds may be spied in the light of day.
The ‘Annex’ font will be freely available to download and use.
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
