Melike Kara (b. 1985) creates spaces for remembrance. With an examination of her family roots as a point of departure, Kara’s installations raise questions regarding identity, migration, and visibility. From February 15 to May 12, 2024, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting “shallow lakes”, an extensive, location-specific work by the artist in the exterior as well as interior space of its publicly accessible Rotunda. Kara’s artistic practice comprises a wide range of media, including sculpture, photo collage, and painting.

The artist Melike Kara creates spaces of memory. Based on her preoccupation with her family roots, her installations raise questions of identity, migration and visibility. In the SCHIRN INTERVIEW, she talks about her installation "shallow lakes", her archive of photographs from various private sources, which has been growing steadily since 2014, and how her art can depict change and gaps in the specific cultural history of the Kurdish diaspora.