In the stones of Alçıtepe, along the shores of Imbros — memories that have shifted, dwindled, yet endure: in languages passed down in whispers, in family histories half-told.
GAR (Association for Migration Research) believes that memory is never only about the past: a society that has forgotten its own histories of displacement will struggle to see those displaced today. EGEHUB grew from this conviction. At the Kirte School in Alçıtepe and on the island of Imbros, artists, researchers and local communities came together — sharing the same space, the same time — to listen, to question, to bear witness. The exhibition that opened at the Kirte School in June 2025 gave that process a visible form: works in installation, video, textile and performance — shaped by migration, memory, belonging and loss — turned a former village school into a site of collective remembrance. This book is its record: exhibition works, artist statements and field assessments by GAR researchers.
The wind opens its door only to those who dare to remember.
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