LOVEBOOK&LOVEGAME
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LoveBook
120 cases of domestic violence committed in the USA and Turkey during
1998-2001 are exhibited in rows of cubicles where viewers can read stories
of violation of love and trust against wives, husbands, lovers and children.
The room suggests a place of confession and interrogation.
Details
book art and stand/table steel, 51 plates
92 x 65.4 x 40.5 cm
Arter Museum Collection
LoveGame
In an abandoned casino glittering in its lost glamor viewers are invited to play
a game of roulette by betting on the eyes of criminals of domestic violence and
spinning the wheel. The player partakes in determining the fate of the victim
whose headshot is inside the wheel. LoveGame aims to understand and question the
limits of stigmatizing criminal and victimized personalities.
Details
roulette table
wood, metal, paper, paint, plastic
207 x 130.2 x 74.9 cm
Private Collection
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEBOOK/8-SALT 2022- Kayhan Kaygusuz _DSC8760.jpg)
installation view Salt Beyoğlu, İstanbul, 2021-22 (Photograph by Kayhan Kaygusuz)
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEBOOK/7-ist.modern5.png)
installation view detail, Dream and Reality, İstanbul Modern, 2011
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installation view, Stephan Gang Gallery, New York, 2001
installation view detail
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEBOOK/4- LoveBook-Aşk Kitabı, 1998-2001, 55 platesplaka, each plate üzerine el basımı foto tansfer.jpg)
installation view detail
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEBOOK/1-LoveBook, 1998-2001, book art and stand-table, steel 92 x 65.4 x 40.5 cm lowres.jpg)
installation view detail
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEGAME/2-LoveGame 1998-2001, installation view SALT Beyoğlu, İstanbul 2021-22, Photo by Kayhan Kaygusuz IMG_1119.jpg)
SALT Beyoğlu, İstanbul 2021-22 (Photograph by Kayhan Kaygusuz)
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEGAME/3- LoveGame 1998-2001, installation view SALT Beyoğlu 2021-22, Photo by Kayhan Kaygusuz _DSC8707.jpg)
SALT Beyoğlu, İstanbul 2021-22 (Photograph by Kayhan Kaygusuz)
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEGAME/4- LoveGame 1998-2001, installation view, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Kunstraum KeuzbergBethanien, Berlin 2022 K_B-74850.jpg)
Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Kunstraum Keuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, 2022
roulette table detail
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEGAME/7- LoveGame 2001, roulette table detail.jpg)
roulette table detail
![](website photos/installations and found objects/LOVEGAME/IPEK DUBEN-BUYUK BOYUT_42.jpg)
roulette table detail