uyuma dayan! / stay with me @ Depo - İstanbul 2015

Exhibition: stay with me

• Opening: Tuesday 12 May, 18:30
• Dates: 13 May 2015 - 7 June 2015

At a point, as we were just standing there, "something" else began. We were on the streets. Side by side. We didn't even know each other, but we were side by side. We were there. We had learned to keep our doors open and in case of arrest, to post a document showing our rights on the door of the apartment, and to note the situation on every street we passed, and tweet it to one another.
This was hope itself. The spirit of solidarity, the challenge, standing side by side.
Is it possible to remember this hope?
We have to start somewhere...
Stay with me project takes from here; taking notes, documenting, drawing; remembering the hope with the association of these narrations.
The title Stay with me is chosen because it expresses a last resort when the hope is fading "hold on, don't give up". It grew as a slogan that expresses a collective effort where everyone is involved and holding on together.
Stay with me project is composed of notebooks that indicate limitless fear, insecurity, existence in obscurity as well as hope, reality, future and the "moment", by 84 participants.

The project is initiated by Selda Asal. Participating artists are:
Ali Miharbi, Anti-Pop, Aslı Çavuşoğlu, Ata kam, Ayşe Küçük, Azra Deniz Okyay, Balca Ergener - Meltem Ahıska, Berkay Tuncay, Burçak Bingöl, Carla Mercedes Hihn, Ceren Oykut, Christine Kriegerowski,Çiğdem Hasanoğlu, Devrim Ck, Devrim Kadirbeyoğlu, Didem Erk, Eda Gecikmez, Ekin Saçlıoğlu, Elif Çelebi, Elmas Deniz, Endam Acar - Fırat Bingol, Erdağ Aksel, Erhan Öze, Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Eser Selen, Fatma Belkıs, Fatma Çiftçi, Ferhat Özgür, Figen Aydıntaşbaş, Fulya Çetin, Genco Gülan, Gonca Sezer, Gökçe Süvari, Gökhan Deniz, Göksu Kunak, Gülçin Aksoy, Gül Kozacıoğlu, Gümüş Özdeş, Güneş Savaş - Eren Yemez, Güneş Terkol, Gözde İlkin, Hale Tenger, Hubert Sommerauer, İnci Furni, İpek Duben, Kınay Olcaytu, Komet, Lebriz Rona, Leyla Gediz, Melike Kılıç, Merve Çanakçı, Merve Şendil, Mischa Rescka, Murat Tosyalı, Nalan Yırtmaç, Nancy Atakan, Nazım Dikbaş, Neriman Polat, Nick Flood, Nurcan Gündoğan, Onur Ceritoğlu, Onur Gökmen, Özgür Atlagan - Bengi Güldoğan, Özgür Demirci, Özgür Erkök Moroder, Özge Enginöz,Rüçhan Şahinoğlu, Raziye Kubat, Sabine Küpher Büsch - Thomas Büsch, Seda Hepsev, Seçil Yersel, Sena Başöz, Senem Denli, Sevim Sancaktar, Sevil Tunaboylu, Sevgi Ortaç, Suat Öğüt, Sümer Sayın, Şafak Çatalbaş, Ulufer Çelik, Yaprak Kırdök, Yasemin Özcan, Yasemin Nur, Yavuz Parlar, Yeşim Ağaoğlu and Zeyno Pekünlü