{"id":12853,"title":"Capacity/Capacities ","dimensions":"158,5 x 354 cm x 7 cm, 62,4 x 139,37 x 2,76 inches (all), 39 x 39 cm, 15.35 x 15.35 inches (each photograph)","date_begin":"1998-01-01","material":"Panel wit LED writing mounted on 36 photographs","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":7,"permalink":"capacity-capacities","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Photography","nl":"Fotografie","fr":"Photographie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/027/822/large/Capacity.PNG?1427376171","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCapacity\u003c/em\u003e is the collective title of a series of works by Alptekin. The work \u003cem\u003eCapacity\u003c/em\u003e (1998) uses a grid of images of hotel signs as a ground for the word itself written in lights. These images are of exotically-named hotels that appropriate the names of other places \u0026ndash; Hotel Lima, Tibet Hotel, etc., and were also the basis of Alptekin\u0026rsquo;s later \u003cem\u003eH-Facts: Hostility/Hospitality\u003c/em\u003e (2003-07) series of hotel sign sculptures. The photos were taken by the artist mainly in the Laleli and \u003cem\u003eTarlabaşı \u003c/em\u003edistricts of Istanbul that were saturated with cheap hotels, and which were mainly stopgaps for underprivileged travellers and workers. The word \u0026ldquo;Capacity\u0026rdquo; on the work, which is based on the artist\u0026rsquo;s handwriting, might be interpreted as a statement on ambitions for economic growth and regeneration. The work was first produced by Alptekin for his participation in the 24th S\u0026atilde;o Paulo Biennial, and was his way of considering both S\u0026atilde;o Paulo and Istanbul as two huge cities looking to fulfil their new potential as they rapidly transition from \u0026lsquo;developing\u0026rsquo; cities to global metropolises.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCapacity\u003c/em\u003e is de titel van een reeks werken van Alptekin. Het werk \u003cem\u003eCapacity\u003c/em\u003e (1998) maakt gebruik van een raster van beelden van hotelborden als achtergrond voor het woord \u0026lsquo;Capacity\u0026rsquo;, dat zelf in neonlicht geschreven is. Het zijn beelden van hotels met exotische namen, die zich namen van andere plaatsen toe-eigenen (Hotel Lima, Tibet Hotel, enzovoort) en die ook de basis vormden voor Alptekins latere werk \u003cem\u003eH-Facts: Hostility/Hospitality\u003c/em\u003e uit 2003-2007, een reeks hotelborden. Alptekin maakte de foto\u0026#39;s zelf, vooral in de wijken Laleli en Tarlabaşı in Istanbul, die volgepropt waren met goedkope hotels, voornamelijk noodoplossingen voor kansarme reizigers en werkers. Het woord \u0026lsquo;Capacity\u0026rsquo;, dat op het werk staat en gebaseerd is op het handschrift van de kunstenaar, kan worden ge\u0026iuml;nterpreteerd als een statement over ambities rond economische groei en regeneratie. Alptekin maakte het werk initieel voor zijn deelname aan de 24e Bi\u0026euml;nnale van S\u0026atilde;o Paulo. Het was zijn manier om op zowel S\u0026atilde;o Paulo als Istanbul te reflecteren: twee reusachtige steden die hun nieuw potentieel proberen te vervullen, snel overgaand van steden \u0026#39;in ontwikkeling\u0026#39; naar globale metropolen.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCapacity\u003c/em\u003e est le titre d\u0026rsquo;une s\u0026eacute;rie d\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvres d\u0026rsquo;Alptekin. L\u0026rsquo;installation se compose du mot \u003cem\u003eCapacity\u003c/em\u003e \u0026eacute;crit en tube de diodes lumineuses sur fond de damier de photographies d\u0026rsquo;enseignes d\u0026rsquo;h\u0026ocirc;tels aux noms exotiques \u0026ndash; H\u0026ocirc;tel Lima, H\u0026ocirc;tel Dallas, etc. Ces h\u0026ocirc;tels qui s\u0026rsquo;approprient des noms d\u0026rsquo;autres lieux sont \u0026eacute;galement \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;origine de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre ult\u0026eacute;rieure d\u0026rsquo;Alptekin, \u003cem\u003eH-Facts\u0026nbsp;: Hostility/Hospitality\u003c/em\u003e (2003-2007), une s\u0026eacute;rie de sculptures compos\u0026eacute;e d\u0026rsquo;enseignes d\u0026rsquo;h\u0026ocirc;tel. L\u0026rsquo;artiste a photographi\u0026eacute; la plupart de ces enseignes dans les quartiers istanbuliotes de Laleli et de \u003cem\u003eTarlabaşı qui pullulent d\u0026rsquo;\u003c/em\u003eh\u0026ocirc;tels bon march\u0026eacute;, servant avant tout de logement de fortune aux voyageurs et travailleurs d\u0026eacute;favoris\u0026eacute;s. Le mot \u003cem\u003eCapacity\u003c/em\u003e, qui reproduit l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;criture de l\u0026rsquo;artiste, peut \u0026ecirc;tre interpr\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; comme une affirmation d\u0026rsquo;ambition de croissance et de r\u0026eacute;g\u0026eacute;n\u0026eacute;rescence \u0026eacute;conomiques. L\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre, cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;e initialement pour sa participation \u0026agrave; la 24e\u0026nbsp;Biennale de Sao Paulo, refl\u0026egrave;te la vision d\u0026rsquo;Alptekin de l\u0026rsquo;aspiration de ces deux m\u0026eacute;galopoles, Sao Paulo et Istanbul, \u0026agrave; r\u0026eacute;aliser leur potentiel nouveau dans leur transition rapide de villes \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;en d\u0026eacute;veloppement\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; \u0026agrave; des m\u0026eacute;tropoles mondiales.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2670,"name":"Hüseyin Bahri  Alptekin","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}