Documentary Screening and Exhibition Book Distribution
The Fire and the Wedding
Wednesday 18 April 19.00 at DEPO
"The Fire and the Wedding" videos are essentially the visual record of the struggle of Kurdish villagers from Kotranıs in Hakkari to maintain their livelihood and identity after they were displaced and forced to migrate by the state in 1994, settling in the suburban area Türközü in Ankara and earning their living by collecting waste paper at the city center.
Over the last decade, as different, darker facets of recycling; for instance that forced migration, discrimination against the Kurdish people is concealed behind the waste we litter on the street without so much as a second glance, became acknowledged, various videos and texts on this issue have been produced. Yet additionally, in the same period, there were also some people from Kotranıs who recorded their own experiences and expressed their testimonies via video themselves.
"The Fire and the Wedding" reveals what has been experienced in this country's capital city's garbage as the projection of the Kurdish struggle for existence through our shared visual testimony.
Visiting hours: Tuesday through Saturday
between 11.00 - 19.00.
All activities of DEPO are free of charge.
Address: DEPO / Tütün Deposu Lüleci Hendek Caddesi No.12
Tophane 34425 İstanbul
