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ERSAN MONDTAG
Monument of an Unknown Man, 2024
Ersan Mondtag's contribution to the German Pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale is an ark of remembrance for the ghosts of Germany's past, who created the country's prosperity without ever being adequately recognized for it.
The elaborate installation tells the story of Ersan Mondtag's grandfather, Hasan Aygün, who came to Berlin in 1962 as a “guest worker” from a village in Anatolia. He worked there for the Eternit company for 28 years. Before he could begin his retirement, he died of a lung disease caused by processing asbestos products.
Different stages and aspects of Hasan Aygün's biography are transformed on three levels in the teardrop-shaped clay building. The installation, with its many biographical and poetic details, the dusty and gloomy atmosphere, forms the stage for a performance of the family’s experiences up to the of the grandfather´s death. It is a story of a struggeling life in cramped conditions and it is condensed into a silent theater with absurd features.
Multimedia installation; earth, steel, wood, fabric, furniture, everyday objects, video
The elaborate installation tells the story of Ersan Mondtag's grandfather, Hasan Aygün, who came to Berlin in 1962 as a “guest worker” from a village in Anatolia. He worked there for the Eternit company for 28 years. Before he could begin his retirement, he died of a lung disease caused by processing asbestos products.
Different stages and aspects of Hasan Aygün's biography are transformed on three levels in the teardrop-shaped clay building. The installation, with its many biographical and poetic details, the dusty and gloomy atmosphere, forms the stage for a performance of the family’s experiences up to the of the grandfather´s death. It is a story of a struggeling life in cramped conditions and it is condensed into a silent theater with absurd features.
Multimedia installation; earth, steel, wood, fabric, furniture, everyday objects, video
Installation view: ‘Monument of an Unknown Man’, 60th Venice Biennial German Pavillon, 2024.
Courtesy of the Artist and PİLEVNELİ
Photo: Thomas Aurin
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