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Berkay Turgut | Say Their Names

from the exhibitions cycle “All That Is Solid Melts into Air” March 31, International Transgender Day of VisibilityShop window, Gwarna 7, Poznań Witryny Sztuki UAP (Vitrine of Art)Uniwersytet Artystyczny im. Magdaleny Abakanowicz w PoznaniuMiejskie Galerie UAPFUNDACJA NOWA UAPZKZL Projekt dofinansowano z środków budżetowych Miasta Poznania #poznańwspiera The main purpose of my collage work is to raise awareness of the segregation that trans people all around the world face, and to remember their names to not let sink into oblivion.  Between January 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020, 433 transgender deaths and murders have been recorded all over the world. The records show that only 11 of these deaths were Covid-19 related. Almost all of the rest were tortured, stoned, strangled, stabbed, thrownMore
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