Sediment

This publication captures the process and the content of the 'Sediment' project. Developed by Dicle Bestas and Basak Senova, 'Sediment' reflects on the impact of socio-political, ecological, and economic issues on the environments we inhabit. The project's starting point was based on comprehensive curatorial research in the archive of Loading, a non-profit art space focused on Diyarbakir and its surrounding areas in southeastern Turkey, which provides a layered perspective on the local art scene along with the socio-political and environmental issues affecting the Kurdish-inhabited regions. The strong positioning of women artists in the archive shaped the project. The Sediment exhibition, documented in this publication, is one of the research outcomes. The exhibition brought together names from the archive and two artists from Graz and Skopje by including locations from the Hevsel Gardens in the Tigris river basin to the ancient city of Hasankeyf, as well as the rivers Vardar and Mur.