'I do not believe that power is a perfectly functioning mechanism. Yes, power is everywhere but with its weaknesses and gaps'. (Ahmet Öğüt) Ahmet Öğüt’s quote sets the scene for the selection of works on display at the artist’s solo exhibition, taking place in the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.
( english/ turkish)

Parodying the format of a regular newspaper column, Today in History presents a series of drawings and paraphrased stories, extracted from Turkish newspapers from the last four decades.

The starting point here is the relation between writing and time, object and text, hence the title “Schreibtischuhr” (writing desk clock).