artist: Esra Ersen

born 1970 in Ankara
lives in Istanbul

Curriculum Vitae



project: Testimony

"Testimony",
Photos: mrs-lee.com






Esra Ersen worked with prisoners from the Graz-Karlau prison to publish their private utopias. The texts had been mounted on the outer wall of the prison. The prison, a building within an apartment block complex, should be made visible as a specific site where people reside, who cannot appear in normal urban life.