notion of identity is something else than the notion of the temporary or less tempo-
rary border lines. I wanted to open Europe to somehow larger and to cancel the bor-
ders letting the artists show what they have to show: Europe without borders in a
way. Borders still existed that period. It was not about that I wanted to promote the
Turkish or the Bulgarian, Rumanian artist. I invited them all to get to know each
other for the first time probably. Europe was divided into two parts and we still feel
it, the Berlin wall is invisible, but it still exists. That was the first very optimistic
effort. I believed that from 1989 fall on, the world is going to change into something
totally different and that everybody is waiting for us to shake hands. And now after
many years I see it’s just a naive mistake. We have to face the brutal truth: it’s not
that values and ideas are changing the world, it’s again money. As a matter of fact, I
cannot promise you to make any specific show, neither the arrogant curatorial state-
ment nor the very philosophical. I cannot promise you that I would discover some-
thing like Roger Buergel who is being punished for his arrogance as the German
Press says. What did he do? He has shown 100 unknown artists in Documenta
Kassel. Let them say Hello! We’re here. We have our small thoughts, ideas. You
should be very careful to look around, to follow us and to try to understand our posi-
tion, not Michel Foucault position but my artistic position in my very small town. This
was the effort that Roger did. I might not like this or that artist but I have to appreci-
ate the kind of heroic concept that he wouldn’t follow the big galleries and
museums. All this pushy society wanted him to do was - what is being done every
time when you do the big show - to include market stars. I don’t know what will hap-
pen but I think this Documenta is going to change the market for the future. As we
know, everybody now is putting more questions than making statements in the exhi-
bitions. An exhibition with question marks is always more interesting, so I might do
the same. But I don’t know yet if I would find any question.
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davet ettim. Anlad›m ki, kimlik kavram›, geçici veya daha az geçici olan s›n›r çizgiler-
ine iliflkin kavramdan farkl› bir fley. Avrupa’y› daha genifl açmak, sanatç›lara göster-
mek istediklerini gösterme olanacurrency1›n› vererek s›n›rlar› iptal etmek istedim: bir bak›-
ma s›n›rlar› olmayan bir Avrupa. O dönemde s›n›rlar halen mevcuttu. Türk, Bulgar ya
da Romen sanatç›n›n tan›t›m›n› yapmak istedicurrency1im için decurrency1il, onlar›n hepsini olas›l›kla
ilk kez birbirleriyle tan›flmalar› için davet ettim. Avrupa iki parçaya bölünmüfltü, bu-
nu hala hissediyoruz, Berlin Duvar› görünmez belki ama hala var. Bu çok iyimser ilk
çabayd›. 1989 sonbahar›nda itibaren dünyan›n tümüyle farkl› bir hale gelececurrency1ine ve
herkesin bizim el s›k›flmam›z› bekledicurrency1ine inan›yordum. fiimdi y›llar sonra, bunun
sadece safiyane bir yan›lg› olducurrency1unu görüyorum. Ac›mas›z gerçekle yüzleflmeliyiz:
dünyay› decurrency1ifltiren decurrency1erler ve düflün- celer decurrency1il, yine para. Asl›na bakarsan›z, size
özel bir gösteri vaat edemem, kibirli ya da çok felsefi küra- töryel söylemi de. Alman
bas›n› taraf›ndan kibirli olducurrency1u söylenerek cezaland›r›lan Roger Buergel gibi bir ke-
flifte bulunabilececurrency1imi de vaat edemem. Bu adam ne yapt›? Documenta Kassel’de
100 tan›nmam›fl sanatç› sundu. B›rak›n da “Merhaba! Bura- day›z. Bizim de küçük
düflüncelerimiz, görüfllerimiz var. Etraf›n›za bakmak, bizi izlemek ve durumumuzu
anlamaya çal›flmak konusunda çok dikkatli olman›z gerekir, Michel Foucault duru-
mu decurrency1il belki ama kendi ufak flehrimizdeki sanatsal durumumuz konusunda.” de-
sinler. Bu Roger’in çabas›yd›. fiu veya bu sanatç›y› becurrency1enmeyebilirim, ama onun
büyük galeri ve müzeleri izlememek tarz›ndaki kahramanca görüflünü takdir etmem
gerekir. Bu ›srarc› toplum ondan –büyük bir gösteri yapt›currency1›n›zda bu hep olur–
pazar›n y›ld›zlar›n› dahil etmesini istiyordu. Ne olacacurrency1›n› bilmiyorum, ama san›r›m bu
Documenta, gelecekteki pazar› decurrency1ifltirecek. Hepimizin de bildicurrency1i gibi, flimdilerde
herkes, sergilerde söylemlerde bulunmak yerine daha fazla soru ortaya koyuyor.
Soru iflaretleri içeren bir sergi her zaman daha ilginçtir, dolay›s›yla ben de belki ay-
n›s›n› yapar›m. Ama herhangi bir soru bulup bulamayacacurrency1›m› flimdilik bilemiyorum.
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