An intervention during a Lutheran service on Valentine’s Day
Collaboration with Esra Ersen.
Esra and I are both artist living in Neukölln, a multicultural and especially Turkish district of Berlin. We were invited by curator Mika Hannula to produce an artwork to take place as a part of a Lutheran service in the Finnish Lutheran church called Passion Kirche, which is situated near our neighborhood.
The intervention took place on Valentines Day. Chalid Durmosch from the nearby Mosque Şehitlik-Moschee was invited to reflect on the subject of love with Lutheran priest Kai Henttonen. The resulting intervention was a singing performance by a singer trained in Quran recitation and speeches on the theme of love by both Chalid and Kai. The service ended with all the participants of the service making a tour around the church with a candle in their hands.
Imam in the Church. Still from the intervention.