Baran Caginli: Baking Books
Artist Talk
Friday, 5th of September, 2025,
18:30- 20:30
@tranzitiasi,
Address: Str. Sf. Atanasie nr. 25, Iași
tranzitiași is pleased to welcome artist Baran Caginli for a lecture on his artistic research and practice.
He is exploring the intersections of materiality and memory through dissected monuments in Estonia, Lithuania, Albania, Armenia and Romania in his research project. His practice engages with temporary materials such as bread, to reflect on socio-political and cultural histories. Since 2023, He has been making edible bread sculptures and shares as a performative act in various locations as part of his research.
Baran Caginli (b. Istanbul, 1990) lives and works in Helsinki and holds a Master’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Sculpture Department. His work underlines global concerns by highlighting the problematics and contradictions of power, governmental conflicts, the military-industrial complex, systematic repression, and discrimination. Subjects and people in his works are often witnesses to forced migration, disappearances, or loss. Through diverse media, including photography, sculpture, installation, and archival material, Caginli integrates layers of camouflage or concealment, re-constituting and framing them in new contexts by adding subtle messages and gestures.
Event will be held in English.
The main partner of tranzit .ro/Iasi is ERSTE Foundation.
