A Life Overflowing: Aziz Nesin 1915-2015

09 JUNE – 16 JULY 2015
DEPO
Istanbul, Turkey

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Text editors, transliteration from Ottoman script, and archive selection:
Salih Bora, Esin Pervane
Graphic design of the chronology:
Onur Kanyılmaz
Display units design, exhibition design support:
Berk Asal, Can Onart
Display units production:
Nesin Foundation students and graduates
Exhibition book design:
Aret Bedikyan Sahumyan
Curator:
Işın Önol

Commemorating his 100th birthday, this exhibition brings together the written and visual material from Aziz Nesin’s vast archive, in order to know more about this extremely prolific figure in terms of his literature, humour, view of life, political attitude and what he left for the future. The exhibition organized by Nesin Foundation aims to introduce Aziz Nesin through certain values he established and perpetuated.

Besides depicting Aziz Nesin, “A Life Overflowing” aims to relay the history he witnessed to the viewers through diverse forms of documents and open up a space for discussion. It provides an opportunity to look back at recent history of Turkey, to specific events such as the Istanbul pogrom of 6/7 September 1955, Sivas massacre of 1993. The project documents his lifetime achievements as well as the work which overflowed his existence. The photographs of Nesin Foundation and the documentary “Aziz Nesin is Alive” in the exhibition are produced by Burcu Kolbay and Fatih Pınar. The documentary is based on video interviews with students and employees of the foundation.

Majority of the exhibited material is composed of documents and publications compiled from Nesin Foundation’s archive; Aziz Nesin’s diaries, letters, notes, published and unpublished texts, writings and drawings about him, photographs, cartoons, posters as well as objects and texts which were collected and used by Nesin himself. Within the framework of such diverse material and along with Aziz Nesin’s own narration a historical reading is constructed.

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Photographs: Fatih Pinar

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 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

ENGLISH TURKISH
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DOCUMENTARY: AZIZ NESIN IS ALIVE (TURKISH)

PRESS

ENGLISH:

11.06.2015 – HURRIYET DAILY NEWS: Archive of Legendary Writer on Display
20.06.2015 – TODAY’S ZAMAN: Aziz Nesin: A Man Larger than Life Remembered in Istanbul
26.11.2016 – THE MILLIONS: Our Great Contrarian: On Turkish Humor Writer Aziz Nesin (Kaya Genc)

TURKISH:

11.05.2015 – MILLIYET: Aziz Nesin’in 100 Yillik Arsivi Sergiyle GÜn Yüzüne Cikiyor
03.06.2015 – DEMOKRAT HABER: Aziz Nesin Sergisi 9 Haziran’da
04.06.2015 – HABER TÜRK: Aziz Nesin’in Ilginc Soyadi Öyküsü (Ümran Avci)
04.06.2015 – MILLIYET: Aziz Nesin’in Ilginc Soyadi Öyküsü (Foto Haber)
07.06.2015 – RADIKAL: Aziz Nesin: Hep Ölmemek Istemis ve Bunu Basarmis Bir Adam (Cem Erciyes)
07.06.2015 – HÜRRIYET: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin
09.06.2015 – TARAF: ‘Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam’ 100 Yillik Arsiviyle…
10.06.2015 – NTV: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin Sergisi (Foto Haber)
10.06.2015 – CNN TÜRK: Aziz Nesin’in Bilinmeyen Yönleri Bu Sergide
10.06.2015 – HABERLER: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin
10.06.2015 – VESAIRE: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin (Cüneyt Bender)
10.06.2016 – SANATATAK: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam
10.06.2015 – SANAT KARAVANI: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin (Seda Birkan)
11.06.2015 – BIRGÜN: Aziz Nesin Sergisi Acildi: Yüzde 100, Yüzde 60’in Aptal Olduguna Inaniyor (Can Ugur)
11.06.2015 – TARAF: Iste Benim Henüz Bitmemis Hikayem (Hüseyin Gökce)
11.06.2015 – MILLIYET: 100 Yasinda Aziz Nesin (Fisun Yalcinkaya)
11.06.2015 – VAKIT: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin Sergisi
11.06.2015 – GAZETE VATAN: Aziz Nesin Sergisi Acildi (Nur Bahar Keray)
11.06.2015 – BIZIM ANADOLU: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin
11.06.2015 – DENGE GAZETESI: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin
11.06.2015 – ÖZGÜR GÜNDEM: Nesin’in Arsivi Depo Istanbul’da
11.06.2015 – HABER TÜRK: Nesin: 1000 Yil Yasamam Lazim
12.06.2015 – RADIKAL KITAP: O Sadece Yazmak Isterdi
12.06.2015 – RADIKAL KITAP: Kendini Yaratan Yazar: Aziz Nesin (Zeki Coskun)
13.06.2015 – BIANET: Aziz Nesin: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam (Fundanur Öztürk)
13.06.2015 – EVRENSEL: Imlaya Gelmeyen Yazar: Aziz Nesin (Ezgi Görgü)
14.06.2015 – CUMHURIYET: Bir Arsivci Olarak Aziz Nesin (Sinem Dönmez)
14.06.2015 – AYDINLIK: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam
14.06.2015 – MILLIYET: Daktilo Sesleri (Filiz Aygündüz)
15.06.2015 – BON PUR LORYAN: Aziz Nesin’in Bilinmeyen Yönleri ‘Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam’ Sergisinde
17.06.2015 – YENI CAG: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam Aziz Nesin
17.06.2015 – ACIK RADYO: Aziz Nesin: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam (Eser Epözdemir & Ilksen Mavituna)
19.06.2015 – AGOS: Dilin Döndügü kadar Aziz Nesin’i Anlatmak (Tugba Esen)
22.06.2015 – DÜNYA: Aziz Nesin’e 100. Yas Hediyesi
02.07.2015 – T24: Bitmemis Bir Hikaye: Aziz Nesin (Suzan Demir)
05.07.2015 – 1890: Düne, bugüne ve yarına ait bir sanatçı: Aziz Nesin
06.07.2015 – AYDINLIK: Cagina Sigmayan Aydin (Mecit Ünal)
07.07.2015 – EVRENSEL: Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam: Aziz Nesin (Metin Boran)
10.07.2015 – HÜRRIYET: Atom Karinca’nin Fotobiyografisi (Dogan Hizlan)
11.07.2015 – CUMHURIYET: Aziz Nesin Sergisine Boyali Saldiri (Mehmet Keskin)
11.07.2015 – CCN TÜRK: Aziz Nesin Sergisine Saldırı
12.07.2015 – CUMHURIYET: Aziz Nesin: 1915-2015 (Zeynep Oral)
03.08.2015 – RADIKAL: Damda Deli Var! (Cem Erciyes)

Monthly Publication (Turkish):

July 2015 – ISTANBUL ART NEWS: Aziz Nesin’i Hatirlamak (Gözde Kazaz)
July 2015 – IAN. CHRONICAL: Aydinligin Mirascisi: Ali Nesin

RADIO:

17.06.2015 – ACIK RADYO: Aziz Nesin – Ömrüne Sigmayan Adam

TV:

04.06.2015 – CNN TÜRK: Mirgün Cabas’la Her Şey

10.06.2015 – CNN TÜRK: Afis

10.06.2015 – KANAL D – Ana Haber

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ON GRAVES

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ON SIVAS

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ON HIS WRITING MACHINE

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