THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE With his intuitive pushing, Anibal invited us to work on his idea. Actually, in the beginning of the process he has no concrete or absolute idea. Simply, it was in to do something that will make us feel good. He says that art is something that makes us happy, excited and fresh. Later, we realized that the idea of “urban installation” is a kind of border for us in the public space considering its place; it was designed to appear in front of the castle. And the castle is a very strong symbol for the history and the identity of the city. We worked very near to it, but we could never get in it and see inside legally since it was under construction.

This is the castle, and inside the placard saying "this is the other side" , Forrmigine, 2006
But we realized that we wanted to talk within the context of control in the public space or about the “urban installation” We still do not know what it exactly means. We know “urban” and “installation” but we are not sure about their marriage. Isn’t it is a kind of decoration using the very significant material of six countries without any processing? During the week, we searched the possibilities of realizing our project. We thought that maybe it would work if we would do an intervention in the castle, at the backside of the wooden wall where the urban installation is going to be presented. We wanted to be sure (and show) that we see also the backside of the wall. Suddenly, Cristina came up with a golden sentence that gives the exact meaning-feeling; “THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE” adnan/anibal/cristina/deniz