KUNDURA'NIN HAFIZASI
Graphic / Exhibition Designer
Project Owner: Future Anecdotes Istanbul
October 2021, Beykoz Kundura Fabrikası, İstanbul / Türkiye
KUNDURA'NIN HAFIZASI: BİR FABRİKAYA SIĞAN DÜNYA
The exhibition, which is based on the Kundura Memory archive, proposes to look at the production history of Sümerbank Leather and Shoe Factory, one of the most important industrial heritages of the country, from a different perspective. Beyond being a production facility that operated until 1999, the exhibition examines the factory as an encounter area where multiple bonds are established. The factory, which played an important role in the development of the sociocultural and economic structure of Beykoz district, which was known as a "workers' district" until the 2000s, was also a living space with units such as a nursery, canteen, cinema, health center and library. Inspired by the intertwining of daily life and production activities in the factory, which is an important part of the lives of approximately three thousand workers, civil servants and families, the exhibition examines the state of 'interconnectedness' and Beykoz Kundura as a living space with selected archive materials and oral history narratives.