About the art intervention
The intevrention MADE IN GERMANY comprises two installations in which the sculptor and performance artist Naneci Yurdagül (b. Frankfurt am Main) asks fundamental questions about human co-existence: How should we treat one another? What makes a person human? Inside, in softly radiating neon lettering, the slogan a mentsh is a mentsh proclaims the unconditionality and inviolability of the dignity of every human being. Outside, on Max-Mannheimer-Platz, the intervention Dunkel Deutschland references the complex history of German national symbols and reflects on the current threat to social cohesion in a democracy. The two works are complemented by the visual motif Gesicht Zeigen.
In his artistic practice Yurdagül undertakes a critical inquiry into the themes of origin and national and religious identity and their associated attributions. He often uses markers anchored in the collective consciousness—for example, religious and political symbols, cultural practices, and above all language—as a means of expression. Yurdagül changes or combines them in subversive ways, so that they become charged with new meanings and associations.
