Opening: 30th of August 5-8 pm
31st of August 2018 - 20th of January 2019

Deniz Eroglu (born 1981, DK) is one of the most gifted young artists on the Danish art scene. His captivating films and sculptures often originate from his own background as a descendant of Turkish immigrants in Denmark. His latest film, made specially for Brandts, is based on a series of racially-motivated murders of kebab sellers, which took place from 2000-06. The two killers drove around shooting random people in a number of different German towns and cities. 

In his film installation, Eroglu evokes aspects of intimacy and personal stories merged with societal perspectives of a more general nature in order to to portray this demography of muslim workers, thereby creating an epic story of immigration in modern-day Europe. 

Over the past year, the artist travelled around Germany, talking to kebab workers all over the country. The work was then created in collaboration with four of them, each of whom shed light on particular aspects of immigrant life. 

Together, the four films in the installation form a stylistic whole, but there are also thematic parallels. Brimming with characters, the films reveal a number of societal and psychological contexts and phenomena of which we are usually blissfully unaware. The title of the work “Witness (Şahit)” refers to the witnessing of an incident, an event, an atrocity – how seeing is knowing and acknowledging.

Curator: Anna Krogh 

Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, Odense Municipality, Nordea Fonden, The Danish Ministry of Culture

Brandts Museum 
Brandts Torv 1 
5000 Odense C 
Denmark