Sara Pape and Gerardo Gomez Tonda just concluded their residency at Caravansarai. They stayed in Istanbul an additional month after completing their work for the Artist 2010, Tuyap Art fair. Except for us, they had the building to themselves.
Their project ‘if you like it, pic it up‘ is the start of what seems like a long-term, multi-location investigation, leaving objects that they have made, inspired by a chosen location, in the location. In Istanbul, they chose the Karakoy Fish market. Early in the morning, they placed four paper machete fish throughout the market, with a note, encouraging whoever finds the fish, to take a picture of it wherever they place it. We managed to find only one of the fish they left, which was beautifully hanging from a tree by our favorite fish restaurant.
We’re waiting for their return to Istanbul, so we can have another mexican brunch!
