MKM Gallery presents two works by Nasan Tur, Living is Resistance (2014) and I Am Not Broken (2022). The works are placed in dialogue with The Istanbul Pavilion of the Gaza Biennial Initiative, which in 2025 unfolded across sixteen international “pavilions,” and for which House of Taswir curated The Istanbul Pavilion within the framework of the 17th Istanbul Biennial. How do we read Nasan Tur’s works — Living is Resistance and I Am Not Broken — in the context of political violence? How can we create open edges across hermetic political boundaries within the field of contemporary art? The artist will be present. An artist talk on MKM’s “Couch of Scholars” is part of the exhibition opening. Nasan Tur (*1974 in Offenbach) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work unfolds between public space and institutional contexts, addressing political and social conditions of the present. Working across performance, installation, video, and sculpture, he draws on gestures, language, and imagery from media and urban environments to expose underlying ideologies and behavioral codes. Tur stages actions that navigate risk, endurance, and vulnerability, balancing critique with irony and empathy. His practice consistently addresses questions of resistance, freedom of expression, and the ethical ambiguities of activism. Tur has participated in major international exhibitions including documenta 14, the 10th Istanbul Biennial, the 6th Taipei Biennial, and Manifesta 16, and has exhibited at institutions such as Palais de Tokyo and Centre Pompidou, as well as Hamburger Bahnhof, Städel Museum, and MAXXI in Rome. He was awarded the Will Grohmann Prize by the Academy of Arts Berlin in 2012 and was a fellow at Villa Massimo in 2014. Tur is currently Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (HBK). Solo & Friends exhibitions are dedicated to one single position, accompanied by the entire current ensemble of MKM artists. Nasan Tur's "I am Not Broken" and "Living is Resistance" is accompanied by works of Maryam Motallebzadeh, Chaza Charafeddine, Walid Raad, Benyamin Reich, Ali Kaaf, Željka Mićanović Miljković, Ekin Su Koç, Emin Turan, Elisabeth Masé, Patricia Lambertus, Alexander Polzin, Chris Newman, Raziye Kubat, Maliheh Afnan, Katharina Karrenberg, Joseph Sassoon Semah, a.o.