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Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, TR
Hüseyin Alptekin, No title, 2004 © Manifesta 5.
Outdoor installation at Paso Peatonal Trintxerpe, Topo Herrera
In this project Turkish artist Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin reproduced signs of hotel names (such as Hotel Odessa, Hostal Balkan, Hotel Baghdad) from a well-known alley in Donostia-San Sebastian called “rape alley”. These signs not only illuminated the dark street but instigated a critique of the urban neglect of violations of women. Playing with various linguistic representations of the word “hotel,” the artist conflated conflicting notions of hospitality and hostility in an urban environment.