16TH ISTANBUL BIENNIAL

Public & Learning Programmes
Digestion - Petroleum
Artwash / Sanat ile Aklama (in Turkish)

The public event PETROLEUM revolves around hope and the necessity of discrediting fossil fuels. We discuss under the light of the urgency of climate crisis energy policies, the daily forms and flows of fossil fuels and their masculinity, politics of blood, petroleum and war; and arrive at environmental conflicts and justice, the impermanence and vitality of cities. We are in unanimous agreement on this subject: fossil fuels should be discredited and declared as an offensive weapon. We divert our attention to envisioning alternative futures and have full confidence in the transforming power of social movements, representation, creative and non-violent climate action and hope.