07/08/2026
Nothing New In Berlin
by Carlos Kong & İpek Burçak
Label: Well Gedacht Publishing
Format: Book
Genre: DIY , Misc Berlin , Politics , Riso , Theory
16,00 €
Paperback, riso, 15x11cm, 96pp, Edition of 200 copies. Languages: English, German, Turkish.
“Nothing New in Berlin (In Berlin Nichts Neues) focuses on the underground publications made mostly by various Turkish and Kurdish migrant activist groups in the 1990s. The visual material stems from İpek Burçak’s archival research project, which includes a public space installation that serves as a speculative reconstruction of these publications.
Publications ranging from İnisiyatif, Yürekatışı, diyalog, Widerstand, Ekin, Lubunya, Palästina Info, Mahfel, Köxüz, and Solidarität mit Özgür Gündem among other pamphlets draw on the struggles, existence, and organizing despite/against state repression in Berlin and Germany with the rise of neoliberalism, showing striking parallels with today.
In his writing, Carlos Kong examines the role these publications play within post-migrant society. In the postscript, Kong reflects on the censorship of this work by the nGbK, presenting it as a sign of growing repression in Germany compared to the 1990s. The publication includes an English translation of the research material.”
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