'The largest human chain in the world' now passes through İstanbul

*Source: Anadolu Agency (AA)

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İstanbul has become the eighth stop of the Beyond Walls Project, which is an initiative started by artist Saype from France to shed light on the common bonds shared by humanity as a whole.

Saype invented 100 percent biodegradable paint that allows him to make giant frescos on the grass in an environmentally friendly manner.

* Beykoz district

As part of the project that was launched in the year 2019, Saype paints interlaced hands at various spots across the world to "symbolically create the largest human chain in the world". The walls in our minds are "fictive partitions", Saype underlines on his website.

Over a period of several years, he will make stops in 30 cities of the world and invite people "to mutual aid, kindness and to live together".

Saype has told the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) that art is a very important tool in communication:

"In the current conjuncture people start to become more polarized and more alienated. I hope that my work will have a significant impact, so I aim to support people's efforts to come together and do something together.

* Boğaziçi University, South Campus

"İstanbul is the eighth stage of the journey Beyond the Walls. The importance of Istanbul in terms of geopolitics is indisputable. It is where many cultures and people meet, and it is a great symbol of my project."

* Golden Horn

Beyond Walls project has reached Turkey

In İstanbul, three frescos have been painted; at Boğazici University, the Golden Horn of the Bosphorus, and Beykoz district on the Asian side.

* Golden Horn

A photo exhibition for the project will open for visitors at Taksim Square on November 8 and at French Cultural Center on İstiklal Avenue on 7th. 

* Saype painting in Boğaziçi University, South Campus

Previous stops for the project were Paris, Andorra, Geneva, Berlin, Ouagadougou, Yamoussoukro and Turin. (AÖ/SD)