(Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti
Kunstinstituut Melly•Sep 20, 2024 — Jun 29, 2025
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Cihad Caner is an artist whose work explores the politics of image-making and how images influence and are influenced by socio-political realities. Originally from Turkey and based in Rotterdam for the past decade, Cihad works in video, photography, music, motion capture, and CGI. His art challenges the linear and often one-dimensional narratives that dominate popular media, focusing on issues of representation, language, marginalization, and the processes of image production and circulation. His works frequently feature fictional characters in nonlinear, multilingual narratives that use humor, absurdity, and poetry to offer alternative perspectives on how we understand the world around us.
In his solo exhibition, Cihad examines a largely forgotten event in Dutch history: the 1972 riots in Rotterdam’s Afrikaanderwijk neighborhood, where guest workers were targeted. With the riots as a focal point, Cihad expands his exploration to include how the neighborhood was named in...More
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(Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti
Kunstinstituut Melly•Sep 20, 2024 — Jun 29, 2025
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Cihad Caner is an artist whose work explores the politics of image-making and how images influence and are influenced by socio-political realities. Originally from Turkey and based in Rotterdam for the past decade, Cihad works in video, photography, music, motion capture, and CGI. His art challenges the linear and often one-dimensional narratives that dominate popular media, focusing on issues of representation, language, marginalization, and the processes of image production and circulation. His works frequently feature fictional characters in nonlinear, multilingual narratives that use humor, absurdity, and poetry to offer alternative perspectives on how we understand the world around us.
In his solo exhibition, Cihad examines a largely forgotten event in Dutch history: the 1972 riots in Rotterdam’s Afrikaanderwijk neighborhood, where guest workers were targeted. With the riots as a focal point, Cihad expands his exploration to include how the neighborhood was named in...More
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