Walking Archive: A practice of neighbouring
Audio walk + Picnic
Collectively created with Oda Projesi and former neighbors of Şahkulu Street.
2025, Galata neighbourhood, Istanbul
By walking, listening, imagining and picnicking, we revisit artistic, social and discursive projects that Oda Project realized in the Galata neighborhood between 2000 and 2005. While activating the collective’s archives and strolling on the streets of Galata, we also look at the neighbourhood that went through a strong gentrification process from today’s perspective.
The audio walk followed by a picnic around an archive box invites participants to remember collectively in an open and informal space, share knowledge and reflect together on the following questions: How can practice of neighbouring that builds multilayered relationships between Oda Projesi, neighbors and other stakeholders be presented and documented? How can an archive of relationing be shared? What is the significance of revisiting a practice of neighbouring in a time of shrinking public space? Can accounts of the participants affect the way we understand these projects, allowing new perspectives?
3 May Saturday, Galata, Istanbul
14:00-15:30 Audio-walk
15:30-15:45 Arrival to Performistanbul
15:45-18:00 Picnic (collective remembering)
