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Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco
Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco

Hidden Istanbul by Françoise Caraco

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The core of ‘Hidden Istanbul’ is built by the imagery of Françoise Caraco. It consists of archive material she has found in the estate of her great-grandfather, a Sephardic Jew emigrated from what was then called Constantinople. It comprises varied material such as family photographs, postcards and personal notes. Another type of information is given by today’s Jewish inhabitants of Istanbul, whom Caraco interviewed about their way of living in this city. The archive material and statements are accompanied by pictures which Caraco took herself. She made them during a long research of several journeys in Istanbul in order to capture its spirit. Texts and images echo each other. Caraco manages to build a coherent and polyphonic entity around a community and city that remains unknown for most people.

Each book comes with a two-sided poster.

Françoise Caraco, born in 1972, is a visual artist, living in Zurich, Switzerland. The basis of her artistic works are researches into family history, historical events and places steeped in history. The voices of contemporary witnesses, as well as excerpts from compiled documentary material have formed her artistic work for several years now. Her interest lies in the construction of memory in its reverberations between individual experiences and the collective past.
  • 17 × 24 cm
  • 404 p, ills colour, linnen hardcover
  • ISBN 9789493146716
  • Language: English
  • Design & editing: Lien Van Leemput & Françoise Caraco
  • design: Lien Van Leemput & Françoise Caraco for 6m56s