Exhibitions
Galleria del Cembalo, Rome
23.04. – 27.06.2015
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
12.04. – 22.04.2015
Musée des Civilisations d'Europe et Méditerranée MuCEM, Marseille
04.10. – 19.11.2013
Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône
15.02. – 18.05.2014
Kathryn Cook Memory of Trees
"In the village of Agaçlı – ›place of trees‹ – the old mulberry trees are all that remain of the former Armenien inhabitants, who used to cultivate silkworms." In the early 1900s, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, a fiercely nationalistic movement took power. As with all ideologies, their taking hold and taking root meant the termination of what didn't fit its new identity – its Christian Armenian citizens. Recognized as "genocide" today by more than a dozen countries, Turkey still vigorously rejects that claim. Memory of Trees follows the remains and traces of an ambiguous, dark history – the definition of which is still being fought over nearly a century later. Kathryn Cook traveled across Turkey and Armenia, to Syria, Lebanon and Israel, sifting through the remains of this legacy and tracking down the survivors. Her images emphasize the emotional tonality of the story rather than documenting specific events. Kathryn Cook (b. 1979) is based in Rome, Italy, and represented by Agence VU'. Her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Newsweek, and Stern. She has received several grants for this work including the Inge Morath Award (2008), The Aftermath Project grant (2008), the Enzo Baldoni award (2008) and the Alexia Foundation grant (2012).
Hardcover
with banderole
16 x 21 cm
159 pages
70 color and b/w illustrations
English
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-441-6
2014
Artists:
Design:
Kathryn Cook
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"In the village of Agaçlı – ›place of trees‹ – the old mulberry trees are all that remain of the former Armenien inhabitants, who used to cultivate silkworms." In the early 1900s, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, a fiercely nationalistic movement took power. As with all ideologies, their taking hold and taking root meant the termination of what didn't fit its new identity – its Christian Armenian citizens. Recognized as "genocide" today by more than a dozen countries, Turkey still vigorously rejects that claim. Memory of Trees follows the remains and traces of an ambiguous, dark history – the definition of which is still being fought over nearly a century later. Kathryn Cook traveled across Turkey and Armenia, to Syria, Lebanon and Israel, sifting through the remains of this legacy and tracking down the survivors. Her images emphasize the emotional tonality of the story rather than documenting specific events. Kathryn Cook (b. 1979) is based in Rome, Italy, and represented by Agence VU'. Her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Newsweek, and Stern. She has received several grants for this work including the Inge Morath Award (2008), The Aftermath Project grant (2008), the Enzo Baldoni award (2008) and the Alexia Foundation grant (2012).
Hardcover
with banderole
16 x 21 cm
159 pages
70 color and b/w illustrations
English
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-441-6
2014
Artists:
Design:
Kathryn Cook
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