Untitled, 2003, in Istanbul, Turkey by Doris Salcedo. The installation contained approximately 1,550 wooden chairs stacked between two buildings. The work addresses the history of war, migration, and displacement in Istanbul. “I was visiting the city and walking in an area full of ruins. There were so many ruins in a central area that I started wondering why—it doesn’t make sense that a busy area has so many abandoned buildings. There were legacies of a violent past where Jews and Greeks were forced out of their buildings, these buildings. It’s the process of this placement—of forceful displacement that is taking place. It was basically a multilayer of events that has been taking place for over 50 years, and it was a process that was very much alive.” #dorissalcedo