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17th
International Architecture Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
Pavilion of Turkey
22/05—21/11/2021
SALE D'ARMI, ARSENALE
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EPISODE11
FIRST
INHABITANTS
NEMESTUDIO and the Curatorial Team
Published on
20/09/2021
Keywords
MORE-THAN-HUMAN, ENDANGERED SPECIES, MAINTENANCE AND CARE
Published on
20/09/2021
Keywords
MORE-THAN-HUMAN, ENDANGERED SPECIES, MAINTENANCE AND CARE
FIRST
INHABITANTS
NEMESTUDIO and the Curatorial Team

●1 New Land Aquarium1

●2 Turkish Pine (Pinus Brutia) being transferred to the New Land 

●3 Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) seeking a new spot for its nest

●4 An Oak Forest (Quercus lobata) resetting its life cycle

●5 European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) blossoming its catkins

●6 Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) on its way of a stopover in the new croplands2

●7 Red-Breasted Gooses (Branta ruficollis) finalizing their migration journey

●8 Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) enjoying   its new block

●9 Black Pine (Pinus nigra) forest growing after its initial rehabilitation

●10 Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) looking for a new chase

●11 Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) healing after past wounds3

●12 Desert lark (Ammomanes deserti) warbling a new song for the New Land

●13 Uzunyayla Horses waiting for some hay rack

●14 Caracals (Caracal caracal) sleeping until the midnight4

●15 An Oak (Quercus) from Anatolia landing to its new soil

●16 Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) carrying some shrubs for its new lodge 

●17 Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) standing guard over the New Land blocks

●18 Black-tailed Gazelle (Gazelle subgutturosa) developing a brighter fur for the new season

●19 Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) playing 

●20 Indian Porcupines (Hsytrix indica) exercising 

 

1
All the First Inhabitants in the New Land Aquariums are either endangered or extinct species from the salted and clear waters of Anatolia such as Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias), Eğirdir Barb (Capoeta pestai), Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus), Beyşehir Bleak (Alburnus akili), Eğirdir Minnow (Pseudophoxinus handlirschi), Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and Slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), and Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas).
2
Little Bustard is an endangered bird living in large open spaces or fields. They are rarely seen in the Thrace region and in western Anatolia, only during migration.
3
Cinerous Vulture is one of the biggest bird types seen in Turkey. Cinerous Vultures, by their nature, protect environmental health by consuming animal wastes on the Earth as food and thus support the ecological cycle. However, these features also brought the end of their species; the biggest factor in the extinction of Cinerous Vultures is the poisons thrown into nature by humans against wild animals.
4
Caracals are nocturnal animals, which are thought to live in the Southern Taurus Mountains, Konya Basin, and South Anatolia in Turkey, and were first photographed in Turkey in 2002. During the wildfires of 2021 in Muğla, located in the south of Turkey, 65,000 hectares of Turkish Pine-dominated land were burned, while 20 percent of the caracal habitat was destroyed.
  1. All the First Inhabitants in the New Land Aquariums are either endangered or extinct species from the salted and clear waters of Anatolia such as Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias), Eğirdir Barb (Capoeta pestai), Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus), Beyşehir Bleak (Alburnus akili), Eğirdir Minnow (Pseudophoxinus handlirschi), Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and Slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), and Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas).
  2. Little Bustard is an endangered bird living in large open spaces or fields. They are rarely seen in the Thrace region and in western Anatolia, only during migration.
  3. Cinerous Vulture is one of the biggest bird types seen in Turkey. Cinerous Vultures, by their nature, protect environmental health by consuming animal wastes on the Earth as food and thus support the ecological cycle. However, these features also brought the end of their species; the biggest factor in the extinction of Cinerous Vultures is the poisons thrown into nature by humans against wild animals.
  4. Caracals are nocturnal animals, which are thought to live in the Southern Taurus Mountains, Konya Basin, and South Anatolia in Turkey, and were first photographed in Turkey in 2002. During the wildfires of 2021 in Muğla, located in the south of Turkey, 65,000 hectares of Turkish Pine-dominated land were burned, while 20 percent of the caracal habitat was destroyed.