• Esra Ersen
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    • Le due Rome
    • Diario
    • Zahiri and Batini
    • A Possible History II / Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks
    • A Possible History I / When Thinking Some Play with the Mustache, Others Cross Arms
    • Casting for a Canary Opera
    • Sammelsurium – Photo Series
    • Sammelsurium
    • Passengers
    • Rehabilitation – Sao Paulo
    • Perfect / Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully
    • Rehabilitation – Utrecht
    • Parachutist in Third Floor, Birds in Laundry
    • I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Linz
    • There is no Demonstration in Disneyland
    • Dive
    • Under Construction
    • Today there is no demonstration in Disyneyland
    • Which one you choose?
    • Testimony
    • Brothers and Sisters
    • I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Kwangju
    • In the Penalty Area
    • If You Could Speak Swedish
    • Hamam
    • This is the Disneyland
    • Hello! Where is it?
    • I am gonna cook an exotic dinner, only for you
    • Artist Deputy
    • Those without place
    • I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Münster
    • Karussell
    • Asure
    • Some People
    • Encounter
    • Under Custody
    • Advice to the Crown Prince
    • Dialogues III
    • Dialogues II
    • Dialogues I
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Bibliography – Renate Hoffmann, Sonntag in Neuhardenberg, Das Blättchen, 24. Jahrgang | Nummer 20 | 27. September 2021 – Noushin Afzali, Villa Massimo Residents Exhibit at Schloss Neuhardenberg, Berlin Art Link, Online magazine for contemporary art, Sept. 21, 2021 – Ulrich Brinkmann, Über die Mauer kommunizieren, Bauwelt, 20.2021 – Silke Hohmann, "Man darf den Moment jetzt nicht verpassen", monopol-magazin, Juli 2020 – Marta Smolinska, Apossible History by Esra Ersen: Possible Interpretation, Re-Orientierung, p 345–357, Kulturverlag, Kadmos Berlin, 2017 – Jason Farrago, Review: Making Connections at Istanbul’s Biennial, SEPT. 15, 2015, The New York Times – Kolja Reichert, Tops & Flops der Istanbul Biennale, Spike Art Magazine, Sept. 2015 – Crystal Bennes, The Best of the Istanbul Biennial, Apollo Magazine – The International Art Magazine, Sep. 2015 – Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, France, 14 Septembre 2015 – Catherine Milner, Financial Times, September 10, 2015 – Burcu Dogramaci, Einwanderungsland Deutschland: Migration als Herausforderung für die Kunst, Kunstforum, Band 236, S. 166, 2015 – Ana Teixeira Pinto, “Saltwater: A Theory of Thought Forms”, Art Agenda, September 7, 2015 – Roxana Azimi, LE QUOTIDIEN DE L’ART | LUNDI 7 SEPT. 2015 Numero 893 – Samuel Herzog, Der Geruch von Salz, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 16.10.2015 – Michaela Ott, Wellen, Fäden, Netzwerke, CARGO Film/Medien/Kultur – Bora Gürdaş, Resmî Tarih Anlatıları: ‘Tıpkı Yalan Söyleyen Bir Babanız Olduğunu Öğrenmek Gibi’, http://blog.saltonline.org, 2015 – Martin Waldmeier, The Translator's Voice, Catalogue, p. 56, 57, Frac Lorraine, 2015 – Vasif Kortun, Erden Kosova, Ofsayt, Ama Gol!, p.11, 34, 36, 50, 60, 84, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, Salt, Istanbul, 2014 – Oliver Zybok, Konflikte, Kunstforum, Band 230, 2014, S. 38 – Duygu Demir, Art Cities of the Future: 21st-Century Avant-Gardes, Phaidon 2013 – Anda Rottenberg, UNI-ON UNI-JA, Petit SK, catalogue, p.96–105, Lublin – Esra Ersen, To the ones who seek their history, catalogue, In the search Europe?, p 114–131, Jam Sam Books, the Netherlands, 2013 – HG MASTERS, Esra Ersen: Empathy Machine, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 80, p110, Sep/Oct 2012 – Ute Vorkoeper, Zeichen von Respekt, Art of Another City, catalogue, p 76, 77, 98, Jovis Verlag, Berlin, 2012 – Ute Vorkoeper, Looking for for changes, Art of Another City, catalogue, p 229–231, 256–259, Jovis Verlag, Berlin, 2012 – Evi Chantzi, Interview with Esra Ersen, Labor Berlin 12 Drifting, catalogue, p 28, 29, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2012 – Erden Kosova, Esra Ersen: Face to Face, catalogue, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2011 – Jörg Heiser, The most important things is to make decisions together, interview with Esra Ersen, catalogue, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2011 – Ingo Arend, Fiktion Okzident, Ausstellungen: Istanbul, BAND 213, P. 348, Kunstforum, 2011 – Dr. Peter Joch, catalogue, Kunsthalle Darmstadt macht Schule, Justus von Liebig Verlag Darmstadt, P.16, 2010 – Eva Maria Stadler, Karussell, catalogue, Tanzimat, Augarten Contemporary, Belvedere, P.36, 2010 – Hülya Gürtler, Geister unter uns, TAZ, 09.10.2010 – Michael Nungesser, Esra Ersen »Reisende – Passengers – Yolcular«, Kunstforum, Band 200, S. 243, 2010 – Necmi Sönmez, Transfer of Experience in Esra Ersen’s Work, catalogue, Tactics of Invisibility, Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, P.53, 2010 – Klaus Kreises, Christoph K. Neumann, Turchia: Porta d'Oriente, Beit storia, 2010 – Nermin Saybaşılı, JOURNEY IN SPACE / IDENTITIES UNABLE TO BE LOCATED, VOICE: Vocal Aesthetics in Digital Arts and Media, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2010 – Nina Möntmann, We Hear You Speaking in Secret Dialects, catalogue, Where Everything Is Yet to Happen, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, P. 152, 2009 – November Paynter, catalogue, Tarjama / Translation, P. 34, New York, 2009 – Necmi Sönmez, Akteure, Protagonisten und Vermittler, Herausgegeben von Johannes Odenthal und Claudia Hahn-Raabe, Akademie der Künste, Steil, Seiten 250–260, Berlin, 2009 – Roberta Smith, Just Enough Seriousness to Go Around, New York Times, 20 June 2008 – Brita Polzer, Opfer oder Taeterin, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, Num.3, 2007 – Alexander Marzahn, Mittlerin Zwischen Europa und der Türkei, Basler Zeitung, Basel, 20.01.2007 – Marie Linke, Individuell-gesellschaftliche Runderneuerungen, Das Kunstmagazin Regioartline, Freiburg, 24.01.07 – Hito Steyerl, Søren Grammel, Maria Lind, Grazer Kunstverein, Revolver – Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, p. 70, 71, Berlin, 2007 – Margareta Persson, Människan och platsen, Omkonst, Göteborg, 16.04.2007 – Edt. Pelin Tan & Sezgin Boynik, Olasılıklar, Duruşlar, Müzakere – Güncel sanatta kamusal alan tartışmaları, İstanbul Bilgi Üniverstesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007 – Una Henry, SMART Papers, Every Wind That Blows, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, 2007 – Irit Rogoff, The Address, catalogue, Esra Ersen Works 1998–2005, Folio Verlag Wien, 2006 – Chus Martinez, The incredible adventures of Esra Ersen or how to become an inside and outside observer simultaneously, catalogue, Esra Ersen Works 1998–2005, Folio Verlag Wien, 2006 – Erden Kosova, Engagement in Istanbul, catalogue, Esra Ersen Works 1998-2005, Folio Verlag Wien, 2006 – Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Eurhoppe1153, catalogue, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, italy, 2006 – Amanda Coulson, Frieze Magazine, London, Issue 100, June–August 2006 – Fatos Ustek, Tema Celeste, p 52–57, Milano Italy, May / june 2006 – Juan Antonio Alvarez Reyes, Interview with Esra Ersen, catalogue, 27a. Bienal de São Paulo, p. 68, 69, São Paulo, 2006 – Artkrush, São Paulo Biennial, Issue 44, New York, 01.11.2006 – Artkrush, Esra Ersen, Issue 44, New York, 01.11.2006 – Christian Huther, Ausstellungen: Frankfurt A.M., Esra Ersen, BAND 181, P. 349, Kunstforum, 2006 – Walter Seidl, Esra Ersen, Springerin, Band Xl Heft 4 / Band Xll Heft 1, Wien, Austria, 2006 – Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, The [un]common place – art, public space and urban aesthetics in Europe, Fondaziona Adriano Olivetti, Rome, 2005 – Arjan Reinders, Pursuit of Happiness in Leidscherijn, Magazine Bij, Utrecht, 2005 – Lene Crone Jensen, Esra Ersen / Laura Horelli, Rooseum Provisorium, 5/2005 – Moving on, Catalogue, NGBK, 2005, Berlin – Frank Falch, Andre / Others, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum 2005, catalogue – Celine Poulin, catalogue, Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière II, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Luxsembourg, 2005 – Sabine B. Vogel, Mithören auf der Rückbank, Die Presse online, Wien, 20.12.2005 – Sinir / Göç / Cografya: Güncel Sanatta Kimligin Temsili ve Transcografik Deneyimler (Border / Migration / Geography: Representation of Identityin Contemporary Art and Transgeographic Experiements), chapter, p.63, “Sanat ve Sosyoloji”(Art and Sociology), book (in Turkish), Edited by A.D.Özarslan, Baglam Publication – Istanbul ISBN: 975-8803 27–1, January 2005 – Pelin Tan, NowHere Europe / the [un] common place. art, public space and urban aesthetics in Europe, published by Actar-Barcellona, 2005 – Pelin Tan, Self servise City Istanbul, b books verlag, Berlin, 2005 – Pelin Tan, Quale Utopia? Failure of Urban Utopias and an Approach to the City, Fondaziona Adriano Olivetti, Rome, 2005 – Pelin Tan, Re-defining Topography - Raum/Ort in zeitgenössicher Kunst, chapter, p.429, Kulturelle Topografien, book (in german), Edited by Vittoria Borso / Reinhold Görling, Verlag, J.B.Metzler, Stuttgart – Weimer, Kultur-Wissenschaften, ISBN: 3-476-45316-2, April 2004 – Lesley Young, Everyone has to come from somewhere, right!, Rooseum Provisorium, Malmö, 1/2004 – Maria Lind, Soft and strict strands, 00Tal #17/18, Stockholm, 2004 – Harald Szeemann, Mein Museum. Der ausstellung macher. Sammlung einer Spürnase, du747 – Was ist Kunst?, Nr5, Zürich, 2004 – Magdalena Malm, catalogue, Svenska Hjartan, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2004 – Juan Antonio Alvarez Reyes, Effort and its shortcomings, catalogue , ahalegina asfuerzo, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, 2004 – Erden Kosova, “In the Gorges of the Balkans – A Report”, catalogue, p.60, Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, 2003 – Rainer Metzger, Blut & Honig, Zukunft ist am Balkan, Kunstforum, Band 166, S. 378, 2003 – Harald Szeemann, Erden Kosova, Blut & Honig, Zukunft ist am Balkan, catalogue, Sammlung Esel, p 220, 221, Vienna, 2003 – Charles Esche & Lesley Young, Cartes Blanches, catalogue, 10th Biennial of moving Images, Geneve, 2003 – The communal Exhibition: Totally Motivated- A Socio-Cutureal Manoeuvre, Kunstverein München, Newsletter, Spring 2003 – Soren Grammel, It is hard to touch the real, Kunstverein München , Newsletter, Spring03, München – Arianna Di Genova, America dream, addio, il manifesto, Italy, 24.11.2003 – Heinz Schütz, Ausstellungen: Graz, real*utopia Graz, BAND 166, P. 380, Kunstforum, 2003 – Philippe Vergne, Esra Ersen, The Curator’s Egg vol.4, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, 2003 – Silke Hofmann, Manifesta 4, Künstler Portraits “Esra Ersen”, Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, 18.07.2002 – Sabine Baumann, Türkische Kunst im Kulturellen Dilemma, 2002 – Geneviève Breerette, Manifesta 4, Biennale consensuelle à Francfort, Le Monde, Paris, 30.05.02 – John Peter Nilsson, Varför talar asgamen svenska?, Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 06.06.2002 – Carolee Thea, Report from Korea, Art Net, ArtNet Worldwide Corporation, New York – Mats Strjernstedt, Esra Esren, MAKE: The Magazine of Women's Art, p.33, London, 1.1.2002 – Soren Grammel, Butterflies, Moderna Museet Projekt, Catalogueue, Stockholm, 2002 – Lavinia Garulli, ESRA ERSEN – If You Could Speak Swedish, Exibart, Online Magazine , 15.01.2002 – Lene Crone Jensen, Esra Ersen, Unterwegs nach Timbuktu, catalogueue, ifa Galerie, Berlin, 2002 – Standsard Space, catalogue, Randers Kunstmuseum, 2002 – Maria Lind, Under the Sign of the City, catalogue, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, 2001 – Erden Kosova, catalogue, Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf, 2001 – Joanna Sandell, Esra Ersen pendlar mellan Europa och Asien, Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, 13/10 2001 – Ulrike Stahre, Ar det nagon som lyssnar, engentligen? Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 9/12 2001 – Marten Arndtzen, Knackfragor för kebabkonsumenter, Expressen, Stockholm, 24/11 2001 – Clemens Poellinger, Videokonst till kebaben, Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, 8/11 2001 – Sonia Hedstrand, Lyckad gerillaversamnet, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, 17/11 2001 – Anna Hansson, Kebab och konst, tack, Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 23/11 2001 – Interview with Erden Kosova, Artist, no 4, Istanbul, 2001 – Sanne Kofod Olsen, Springtime, Nicolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, catalogue, Copenhagen, 2000 – Vasıf Kortun, Ecole Reginale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes , Post Diplome catalogue, Nantes, 1999–2000 – Interview with Angelika Stepkhan, catalogue, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2000 – Jürgen Kisters, Ausstellungen: Köln, Art Special Hansa 1998, BAND 144, P. 362, Kunstforum, 1999 – Peter Herbstreuth, Das Innere Weimars von aussen betractet, catalogue, ACC Galerie, Weimar, 1999 – Erden Kosova, Baska Bir Yerde, Resmi Görüs, no 2, Istanbul, 1999 – Mary Rozell Hopkins, Gemeinschaft und Geselschaft, Weimar Kultur Journal, no 8, Weimar, 1998 – Beral Madra, catalogue, BM Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, 1995