
CLOSE-UP: SEEK, MEMORY
Istanbul, September 2003
THE INSTALLATION BEGAN MILES AWAY, when we decided it was time to find it. The instructions in the biennial leaflet were hazy, as if to maximize the probability that you would not be successful. I’d heard about several people who’d spent hours circulating through the streets and failed, or who’d gotten as far as the gate only to find it locked. Others had given me tips—look out for a gateway, a courtyard, and then a staircase. But these unanchored directions were next to useless as guides to the market district; really, the only thing to do was to keep asking for the