Kemil Bektesi

Kemil Bekteši

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EuroKruhek

'EuroKruhek' illustrates various patterns of migration among bakery workers from Kosovo. It symbolizes the interconnectedness and solidarity among these workers through a drawing that maps the city's bakeries in the form of dots and lines connecting them. The artist transforms purchased bakery products from these mapped bakeries into an installation representing a form of totems. 

The term "totem" originated from the Chippewa word "ototeman," which literally means 'relatives by the womb'. It is often inaccurately translated as 'his relatives' and similar phrases, but it denotes a clan relationship among people, emphasizing kinship and blood ties. In the installation, the artist utilizes pans belonging to their father, a baker, to preserve traces of his work, drawing attention to the often invisible and undervalued labor of bakery workers.


Installation / Drawing

Curators: ETC. Magazine ( Ajda Ana Kocutar, Hana Čeferin, Lara Mejač ), Tina Pētersone

Photo-documentation: Marijo Zupanov

MIDAS 

Ljubljana, Slovenia

2024.

Three sculptures made of stacked bread and stones stand on a reflective black table in a dark room.

Installation view: "Selling out" MIDAS. Ljubljana (Slovenia) Curators: ETC. Magazin and Tina Petersone Photo: Marijo Zupanov / ETC. Magazin. Courtesy the artist.

Sculptures of bread loaves stacked in columns and displayed on a black reflective surface.
A decorative display of bread loaves, with a long braided poppy seed loaf at the top, round, golden-brown rolls in the middle, and multi-grain bread at the bottom, against a dark, blurry background with subtle lights.

Installation view: Detail Photo: Marijo Zupanov / ETC. Magazin. Courtesy the artist.

Three sculptures made of stacked bread and stones stand on a reflective black table in a dark room.
Sculptures of bread loaves stacked in columns and displayed on a black reflective surface.
A decorative display of bread loaves, with a long braided poppy seed loaf at the top, round, golden-brown rolls in the middle, and multi-grain bread at the bottom, against a dark, blurry background with subtle lights.