Salt Beyoğlu exhibition examines untranslatable Middle Eastern landscapes through infrastructure and memory

Breaking Through a Dam at Salt Beyoğlu explores how the concept of 'landscape' lacks direct equivalents in Arabic and Turkish, using terms like arazi, manzara, and peyzaj instead. The exhibition investigates this linguistic gap as reflecting diverse relationships with land and earth. Works examine infrastructure elements including dams, canals, oil wells, geothermal plants, and surveillance systems across the Eastern Mediterranean to Gulf region. These installations consider alternative forms of 'being-with-place' that move beyond colonial frameworks. The show envisions collective grounds for existence that transcend national boundaries, pursuing transgeographical solidarities. Shared historical trajectories and memory archives form central themes in this exploration of landscape relationships. The exhibition contemplates how different ways of relating to terrain manifest through language and practice.