2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

Non0/8/2NonDerya DemirIstiklal Caddesi, MısırApt.163/4, BeyoğluTR-34340 IstanbulT +90 212 249 8774info@galerinon.comwww.galerinon.comSolo Show at LISTE:Meriç Algün Ringborg, 1983, TR/SEOther Artists of the Gallery:Gökçen Cabadan, TR/BEAslı Çavuşoğlu, TRErdem Ergaz, TRAnnika Eriksson, SEExtrastruggle, TRSefer Memişoğlu, TR/NLKaren Mirza, UK/IN& Brad Butler, USErdem Taşdelen, TRGüneş Terkol, TRMeriç AlgünRingborgBillboards, 2012Inkjet print onblueback paper300 × 200 cmPhoto: AnnaGranqvistMeriç AlgünRingborgDestination: Peru,2009Found objectsDimensions variable138 / 139Meriç Algün Ringborg, born in Istanbul,lives and works in Stockholm. The contrastingdifferences between the make-up ofboth cities – Istanbul and Stockholm –particularly socially and politically, as wellas her movement between the two, plays akey role in her work today. Algün Ringborg’sbackground and migration is exploredrigorously in works that are both formallyelegant and conceptually and politicallymotivated that impart a concentration onrelated issues of national identity, borders,bureaucracy, and translation. The presentationat LISTE 18 ties together selectedworks that encapsulate Algün Ringborg’semotive methods and subjects.‘Destination’ (2009) is series of installationschallenging our understanding of whatconstitutes nations and their borders.The works are centered around transcendingthe boundaries of countries in an attemptto display the immaterial materials thatdefine the perimeters of specific geographicspaces: its laws. The works are gatheringsof the objects that a traveler, by law,can cross a country’s borders with.The laws that direct what can and cannotcross borders is a definition of the land itself,and the works make these legislationstangible by the displaying of the objects onthese lists. ‘Billboards’ (2012) is a selectionof inquiries found in various visa applicationforms. The displacement of these questions,such as ‘Are you and your partnerliving in a genuine and stable partnership?’underlines the invasiveness of the queriesand, in turn, questions the questionsthemselves. ‘Becoming European’ (2012)mimics how the Swedish Migration Officerecorded Algün Ringborg’s stay showingthe dates and ways she resided within theEU and disappeared when beyond itsterritory. Different colors represent differentlegal statuses; blue: tourist, red: temporaryresident, black: permanent resident –whilst the absent dates are when AlgünRingborg was outside EU borders.