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Face, Wall, Istanbul; A partial archive of stencil works found on the streets of Istanbul. It brings together portrait-oriented stencils from diverse archives, seen and photographed between 2003 and 2025. Stencil is a printing technique frequently used in public spaces for artistic, political, or commercial purposes. With its temporality and repeatability, it leaves an anonymous trace on the city's memory. Beyond individual forms of expression, it becomes a signifier that shapes collective memory and reminds the ever-changing dynamics of the street.

Archive contributors Tunç “Turbo” Dindaş, Başak Atalay “StreetArtLan”, Gülsen Şenol, Hande Zerkin, İrem Güler, Kadir Çıtak, Nalan Yırtmaç, Güventürk Görgülü

Thanks Aleyna Özgenç, Ari Alpert, Bürkan Özkan, Candan İşcan, Metin İyigüngör, Faruk Yalçın

 

Editors Gülsen Şenol, Kadir Çıtak

 

Book Design Kadir Çıtak

 

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